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Jodi O. Brown
Jodi O. Brown, MS, CFRE, is a strategist-turned-survivor on a mission to help leaders and teams increase their capability to thrive and lead in stressful and changing environments. She is a resilience and antifragility expert, award-winning professional speaker and author, certified business coach and consultant, and a brain tumor survivor.
She's taught and inspired thousands of organizational leaders to influence through their interactions and create systems for growth.
Jodi helps individuals thrive through speaking and coaching, resilience and communication courses, and through her inspirational YouTube channel.
She earned a master's degree in organizational leadership & communication, a bachelor's degree in public relations, is a certified business coach and consultant, and an Exactly What to Say(R) certified guide.
Jodi just released her fifth book, DePRESSiON Fighter: Creating a Personalized Path to Resilience through Adversity, which helps individuals embrace principles to press on and grow stronger from the struggles of life. Jodi and her husband, Tolan, live in an idyllic mountain valley in Northern Utah, where they are raising four children.
SPEAKER INTRODUCTIONS
Jon Baker
Jon Baker joined Zions Bank in the summer of 2001, starting in the Cash Management and Corporate Relations department. Over the years, Jon has honed his expertise in Treasury Management, Government Banking, and Municipal Finance. He currently leads a national team of relationship managers specializing in direct purchases of municipal debt. Jon has a proven track record of leading teams in both the banking sector and various non-profit organizations in Salt Lake City. He firmly believes that the success of any organization hinges on cultivating leadership qualities in all stakeholders, not just managers. His leadership philosophy extends beyond the corporate world; as a high school mountain bike coach, Jon applied these same principles to help new riders build confidence and start racing. In addition to his professional roles, Jon is a Governing Member of DonorConnect, the nation’s largest Organ Procurement Organization. In this capacity, he helps steer leadership efforts to increase the number of successful organ transplants in the Intermountain region. Jon also shares his knowledge as an adjunct professor, teaching a business fundamentals course at a local university. Jon resides in Farmington, Utah, with his wife Melissa, their three children, and three dogs. His passions include playing guitar, fly-fishing, long-distance triathlon racing, and public speaking. Connect with Jon on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/heyjonbaker.
Lacey M. Cherrington, Esq. The Cherrington Firm, PLLC
Lacey is the President and owner of The Cherrington Firm, PLLC, located in Provo, Utah. She has nearly 30 years of business experience with most of that time in the debt collection industry, including owning and operating a collection agency with her family. Lacey still works closely with her family and is now an Attorney at Law representing clients with her debt collection law firm. She enjoys working with her clients and preserving their hard earned business profits. Her favorite roles include first, working as a motivator and leader to her management team. Second, to build strong relationships with her clients. And, third, to connect and meet new business leaders and mentors in her local communities.
She is an active representative of the Utah Association of Collectors working closely with their lobbyists to ensure the collection industry is represented in a favorable manner in both legislative and regulatory areas of change. She was the Utah’s Attorney State Chair for ACA International and is currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Utah Medical Group Management Association.
Lacey earned her Juris Doctorate Degree from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University and her Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Utah Valley University. She is admitted to the Utah State Bar where she can practice in all Utah Courts and the Federal District Court for the District of Utah.
In her spare time, Lacey enjoys spending time with her three daughters and husband. As a family they spend much time boating, camping, hunting, fixing up their cabin and playing softball.
Cameron Diehl
Cameron Diehl became the Executive Director on October 16, 2017. Cameron studied political science at the University of Utah, was the Editor of the Hinckley Institute Journal of Politics, and later graduated from the University of Colorado School of Law. He started his career at ULCT as a legislative intern and returned to ULCT in 2010. During his time at ULCT, he has also been an administrative assistant, policy analyst, attorney, and Director of Government Relations. He previously worked for the Boys and Girls Club in Salt Lake City and coached basketball and football at Justice (CO), Fairview (CO), and Murray (UT) High Schools. He is an avid University of Utah fan; his paternal grandparents had their first date during the Utah State-Utah game on Thanksgiving Day in 1944 and Cameron and his family have been fixtures at Utah football games ever since. Meanwhile, his maternal grandparents met at BYU and his grandfather was later the mayor of Glenns Ferry, Idaho for 24 years. Cameron is a Murray native where he was a member of the Murray City Youth Council and attended ULCT Local Officials Day. Cameron and his wife Rachel are the proud parents of Annelise, who visited three national parks with her parents before she was four months old and Sierra, who was born during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ask Cam anything about local government, Utah history, Utah football, Jazz basketball, or politics.
Matt Everett
Matt Everett is a native of Utah, born and raised in St. George, and currently living in Eagle Mountain Utah.
I am an accidental banker. When I was attending college in St. George, then Dixie State College, I needed a part time job, but didn’t want to have to work nights, weekends, or holidays. In 2000 I started as a part time afternoon teller at The Village Bank in St. George. After finishing my associates degree, I moved to Logan to attend Utah State University and got a job at a credit union there. I learned a lot at that job, and accidentally found what has become my career.
After graduating from USU with a bachelor’s degree in political science I moved to the Salt Lake area for a job thinking that I wanted to be a bank manager. After a very short time in that position, I realized managing a bank branch was not my calling in life.
I have worked for US Bank, Chase Bank, Zions Bank, and in 2022 was recruited to come to Wells Fargo as the Government Banking Relationship Manager covering Utah, Wyoming and Montana.
My wife and I have 4 kids ranging from college to elementary school. They keep us busy with sports, concerts, and friends. Our favorite place to travel as a family is to Jackson WY and the Tetons. The air is just different there in my wife’s words. I was able to fulfill a lifelong dream of attending some spring training games in Arizona in February of this year and am happy to talk to you for hours about baseball and college football.
Trever Kreutzer
Trever Kreutzer joined Crews in 2023 and brings more than 10-years of experience in the financial services sector to his role as Director, specializing in municipal bonds and loan structuring. In a previous role, he served as vice president on a national municipal finance team, collaborating with local governments in the Southeast and other states, facilitating the acquisition of hundreds of millions of dollars in municipal bonds. Mr. Kreutzer is a graduate of the University of Utah with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and maintains his SIE, Series 50, Series 52, and Series 63 licenses.
Dr. Margie Rycewicz
Dr. Margie Rycewicz holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Utah State University. She previously
served as an Assistant Professor in the LAEP Department at USU and has authored over 15 peer-reviewed papers. With a strong track record in securing funding, she has successfully written 36 grant applications across a wide range of funding sources. As a Local Administrative Advisor for northern Utah's Bear River Region, she is committed to helping small municipalities access federal, state, and local funding—ensuring they can compete on equal footing with larger cities that have dedicated grant writers on staff.
Ben Sehy
Ben provides strategic, technical, and analytical investing advice for public fund institutional clients. His primary responsibilities include investment policy review and implementation, cash flow modeling, optimized portfolio structuring, and investment performance analysis. Ben’s background is in capital markets and institutional asset management. Ben has been with Meeder since 2022 and has 17+ years of financial services experience, an MBA from the University of Utah, and an undergraduate degree in finance.
Company Description:
Meeder Public Funds has been serving public entities since 1990. With over $150 billion of assets under management and advisement, Meeder works with more than 400 public entities across the country, creating customized investment solutions for states, counties, cities, schools, townships, libraries, higher education, and special districts.
Robert Spendlove
Senior Economist at Zions Bank Robert is the Senior Economist for Zions Bank. In this capacity he monitors and reports on economic indicators and public policy developments for the bank. Founded in 1873, Zions Bank is a division of Zions Bancorporation, which is one of the nation’s premier financial services companies and operates throughout much of the western United States. Robert's research interests are primarily in the areas of macroeconomics, demographics, financial markets and public policy. He frequently advises and briefs policymakers, as well as business and civic groups throughout the western United States. He is also regularly called on to give expert analysis in the media, through print, radio, and television. He is known for his insightful and understandable approach to explaining economic trends.
Jody Treu
Jody Treu feels lucky to have worked in the employee wellness and health promotion field for 33 years in several western states. She graduated from Utah State University with a degree in Community Health Education and a French minor. Jody has been with the PEHP Wellness Department for 16 years starting as a Health & Wellness Coach and is currently a Wellness Specialist assisting insured groups across Utah with their Wellness Councils and worksite wellness efforts.
Her life is an extension of her work where she enjoys being social with her neighbors, friends, and family, being involved in the community, traveling, playing Pickleball, gardening, hiking, kayaking, Stand-Up Paddle boarding, biking, Yoga, and walking everywhere. Jody is an avid reader of mostly Holocaust memoirs and Civil Rights non-fiction.
She grew up in Connecticut & Utah and then moved to southern California where she met and married Jeff in 1991. They’ve lived in California, Colorado, Idaho, Vegas, and now in Daybreak here in Utah. They have 2 adult kids - a boy and a girl. They are proud grandparents of an adorable 3-year-old grandson!