Stepping up to meet new challenges
Deidre Henderson: Helping Women Get Back Into the Workforce
Deidre Henderson has served as chair of the Senate Revenue and Tax Committee, on the Business and Labor Committee, and has chaired the Education Committee and the Senate Rules Committee. As Lt. Gov., she oversees elections in Utah and acts as the liaison with the...
Del Guerra: Getting To The Thriving Mindset
Del Guerra is the co-founder and program director at DevMoms, an organization that builds websites for small businesses and trains women in tech. She graduated from the Tech Moms program and participated in a coding boot camp and hackathons. Guerra realized that her...
Charmelle Green: A Necessary Voice In College Athletics
Charmelle Green is the deputy athletics director and chief operating officer at the University of Utah. Her experience at the university began as a student-athlete on the softball team, where she was voted the team captain. When Green started the position, she...
How Shannel Tuitele Helps Even the Playing Field
Shannel Tuitele didn’t set out to become a businesswoman and start her own company. However, after her dad passed away, she decided to make a difference and give back to the world. It just so happens that a way presented itself as a business idea. And that’s how the...
Alternative Healing Utah
Heather Fox, owner and founder of Alternative Healing Utah (AHU), believes that when we “feel good on the inside, we shine on the outside.” Her wellness lounge and boutique, AHU Wellness Lounge, offers light therapy, wellness consultations, F-Scans, and an oxygen bar...
Maven District
Maven District is not a typical real estate development company. The Salt Lake City-based organization focuses on local companies, emphasizing Utah women-owned businesses. While it outwardly seeks to empower the local business community, inwardly, it supports women...
Danielle Cox Wants YOU to Join the Tech Industry
For Danielle Cox, the road to becoming a businesswoman has been filled with plenty of twists, turns, and glitter. That’s right, glitter. Not only is Cox the head of IT for a technology company, but she’s also Miss USA 2023 in the Continental Worldwide Pageant. She...
Health Catalyst
Health Catalyst helps health organizations transform data into measurable data, automates patient engagement, and delivers return on investment for patients and customers. With automated, multi-channel communication between care teams and patients, it helps drive...
Agent West Insurance
Agent West Insurance is a full-service insurance agency that serves its fellow Utahns. Based out of Hurricane, Utah, this small but mighty firm is almost entirely staffed by women. How Agent West Insurance Champions Women With 80% of Agent West Insurance employees...
Hickman Land Title
Hickman Land Title Company helps clients with purchasing homes, refinancing, commercial properties, investment properties, and other real estate and loan services. The company works with first-time home buyers as well as clients with diverse and experienced real...
Entrata
Traditionally the world of tech companies has been male-dominated. That trend is starting to change, and the Utah-based tech company Entrata is paving a path toward leadership equality. How Entrata Champions Women Entrata believes that championing women starts at the...
Big Leap
Workplace flexibility is a priority for Big Leap in supporting women in business. It adopted an atypical work schedule that allows parents to work around their family responsibilities. Eliminating the standard 9-5 work schedule makes it easier for Utah women in...
Sew Sweet Minky Designs
Sew Sweet Minky Designs makes a variety of luxury items using minky materials. The first blankets were handmade by the founder, Nicole Miller, and the company has grown to 75 staff members and over 100 local seamstresses throughout multiple Utah locations. Sew Sweet...
Ethik
As a marketplace for artisans, Ethik is committed to providing opportunities and preserving culture for makers around the globe. It is equally committed to supporting women closer to home. The company is a testament to small changes making a big difference. How Ethik...
Extra Space Storage
More than 1.6 billion square feet are dedicated to self-storage in the United States. Extra Space Storage is the second largest U.S. operator of self-storage facilities in 41 states and the District of Columbia. However, as big as it is, it recognizes the people and...
doTERRA
doTerra provides essential oils and other natural wellness products through direct sales. Founded in 2008 to bring clean, high-quality essential oils to the world, doTERRA’s leadership discovered that the best way to do so was through community members sharing their...
EDCUtah
For more than 35 years, the Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDCUtah) has worked to promote Utah and attract businesses to the state. With its focus on building and strengthening local communities, it’s little wonder that EDCUtah supports women. The work it...
Chatbooks
Chatbooks allows people to create custom photo books on its website or app. Customers can print one-off projects or join ongoing subscriptions like Monthbooks. Instagram users can connect their accounts to create 60-page albums. The company makes printing easy and...
Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi is an outdoor gear company that offers sustainably sourced and ethically made clothing and outdoor gear like backpacks, day bags, and travel packs. As a company, Cotopaxi is committed to both outdoor experiences and global change – including the global change...
Shipley Associates
While winning business for their clients is Shipley Associates’ mission, it supports women in business with as much enthusiasm and dedication. By providing remote work opportunities and part-time professional roles for women, the company is a proven leader in...
LedgerGurus
LedgerGurus specializes in helping customers with their e-commerce accounting needs. Brittany Brown founded the company in 2014 because she was a mother looking for a job that would give her flexibility in family life. It continues its commitment to maintaining...
Nu Skin
Nu Skin is a global beauty and wellness company that creates products that combine the best that science, technology, and nature have to offer. How Nu Skin Champions Women Nu Skin is focused on creating innovative wellness and beauty products. Now it’s focused that...
BookSmart Accounting & Bookkeeping
BookSmarts Accounting & Bookkeeping is a national full-service accounting and bookkeeping firm that supports women through several policies and programs. Businesses of every size rely on the firm to help them manage accounting tasks and help train individuals...
Known Medicine
Known Medicine developed a platform, ODIN, that determines how cancer patients will respond to drug treatments. It can ascertain which patient populations will respond best to new drugs using functional outcomes of patient tissue in combination with genomic,...
Salsa Queen
The Salsa Queen started her business to feed her seven young children and is now a nationally recognized brand sold in thousands of stores and across 25 states. Because Salsa Queen knows how difficult it is for a woman to support a family, she’s prioritized supporting...
DigiCert, Inc
Leading the world in digital security, DigiCert is also pioneering new paths for women in the workplace. Located in Lehi, Utah, it protects the privacy and data security of users' interactions with web browsers, documents, software programs, apps, and more. Founded in...
Utah Association Of Realtors
The Utah Association of Realtors is a Utah state-level membership organization for realtors. With 19,000 members, it is committed to advancing the right to own and use real property in Utah. How the Utah Association of Realtors Champions Women Utah Association Of...
iHeartMedia
With over 167 million users across 250 platforms, iHeartMedia channels favorite radio stations, podcasts, and music straight to a connected device. A variety of favorite media can be streamed in one central location from anywhere in America – and it’s absolutely free....
My Tech High
My Tech High gives families access to a flexible, student-tailored education program. It celebrates the unique strengths of each young person as it focuses on technology and entrepreneurship. Parents can decide how, what, when, and where they want their students to...
Rocky Mountain Power
If you live in Utah, southeastern Idaho, or Wyoming, you’ve likely heard of Rocky Mountain Power. You might even be one of its 1.2 million customers. While the company’s “big picture” is to monitor the weather, environment, and resources, the priority is still about...
W Collective
W Collective is an events production and workplace culture consultancy business whose superpower is getting all the right people in the room. It supports Utah women by providing entrepreneurs and business owners with knowledge, mentorship, and training through...
World Trade Center Utah
World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) is connected with 2,200 trade and business partners worldwide. The organization provides market expansion strategies for businesses looking to increase profits as they connect to a global market. Its mission is to accelerate growth...
Motherly
Created as a one-stop resource, Motherly is a website devoted exclusively to motherhood. Packed with inspirational and informative content, it supports women by offering expert advice, inspirational stories, and curated classes to help mothers navigate all stages of...
Weave
Weave is a Utah company that supports women in the same way it strives to increase productivity and profitability for its clients—by tapping into inherent strengths and creating clear pathways to success in the workplace. How Weave Champions Women Weave is one of...
Overstock
As a tech-driven company, it is no surprise that Overstock excels at creating online spaces connecting people with quality products and services. The company is passionate about providing high-quality products and services and is dedicated to supporting women within...
IsoTruss
IsoTruss is an innovative company at the forefront of researching, developing, and manufacturing building material that is stronger, lighter, more durable, and less expensive than traditional materials like steel. Innovation is crucial to the business's success, not...
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman Space Systems designs, develops, builds, and supports some of the world’s most advanced products, from innovative aircraft to next-generation spacecraft to cyber security systems and all-seeing radars. From the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber to developing...
Megastar HR
Necessary but time-consuming HR operations can overwhelm a small company. By allowing companies to outsource HR responsibilities, Megastar HR enables them to focus on what they’re truly passionate about - their business vision. The company also supports its employees...
RUMOR Advertising
RUMOR Advertising is one of Utah’s premier full-service advertising agencies with over 25 years of experience in branding, advertising, and web development. The company works with clients in various industries, including healthcare, legal, government, travel,...
People’s Health Clinic
When The People’s Health Clinic in Park City opened in 1999, it provided healthcare and medical services from a mobile van. In 2009, the clinic moved to a permanent location where it continues to serve uninsured residents of Summit and Wasatch Counties. In addition to...
The Larry H. Miller Company
You may hear “Larry H. Miller (LHM)” and think “car dealership.” While the company started as a single car lot in 1979, the business now owns multiple businesses across several industries. Because the company was founded by Larry H. Miller and his wife Gail Miller,...
DogTown Pet Spa
DogTown Pet Spa is a luxury pet spa located in Sandy, Utah, that provides boarding, daycare, grooming, and training. Its daycare facility allows dogs to play off-leash indoors and outside with other dogs of similar size, age, and temperament. The company offers...
Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah
Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah provides individuals, families, and employers with health insurance coverage and assistance programs. These plans help individuals and families manage chronic medical conditions with affordable prescription medications. The company...
Bennett Enterprises
While you may not know the name Bennett Enterprises, odds are you’re familiar with their product—namely Pinners Conference. As a company whose clientele is primarily women, it’s no surprise that it supports women within its organization. How Bennett Enterprises...
West Tenth
West Tenth is a marketplace where micro-business owners broadcast services to community members. From florists to stylists to newborn sleep consultants, these small business owners work out of their homes and get clients by word of mouth. With the online support of...
Better Business Bureau
For 110 years, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) has helped consumers find businesses, brands, and charities they can trust. It does this by setting standards for ethical business behavior, monitoring compliance, and evaluating ads, policies, and more. This rigorous...
USANA
USANA creates nutritional products that optimize cell nutrition. Its science-based nutritionals, skincare, and active nutrition help customers improve bone, joint, heart, immune system, and digestive health. The company has been researching ways to deliver nutrients...
CashMan
Safe and secure are must-haves in the financial services industry. CashMan has its bases covered when it comes to gathering and transporting money. The company is dedicated to providing quality women-specific leadership programs and professional development. How...
Career Advice for Women in Business: Developing Confidence in the Workplace
How we talk about confidence sometimes seems like it’s something you either have or don’t. Confidence is a skill that can be developed. Successful author and women’s business coach, Sally Helgesen, shares some tips with the Utah Women & Leadership Project on how...
Okland Construction
Okland Construction provides a broad and flexible range of construction services tailored to achieve each owner’s unique requirements. It represents clients from various industries, including commercial, federal, health care, higher education, hotel, industrial, and...
CAPSA
Serving Cache County and the Bear Lake area, CAPSA is a nonprofit organization providing support services for women, men, and children impacted by abuse. These services are free and confidential. With the support of the community and trained professionals, the...
Career Advice for Women in Business: How To Avoid the Perfection Trap
Author and women’s business coach, Sally Helgesen, says, “I’ve never once heard people say, ‘I work for a perfectionist boss, and I love it!’” Research shows businesses often encourage and reward perfectionism in women early in their careers. This same characteristic...
Reset Your Nest
Reset Your Nest is a home organization and relocation service company based in Utah. It helps customers organize kitchens, closets, pantries, office spaces, garages, and storerooms. The company helps customers relocate with packing and organizing services. It also...
SIXFIFTY
SixFifty provides legal documents for every size of business. It worked with top law firms to develop proprietary document automation technology. The company provides businesses with employment, privacy, business, and pro bono documents, and it includes a resource...
Wander
Wander is a destination mapping platform that allows customers to create, customize, and update maps in real-time. Maps can be embedded on any webpage, are mobile-friendly, and are published on the Wander app. It recently added an analytics feature that enables...
Thread
Thread is a wallet, bag, and accessory company that creates colorful, minimalistic, and functional products. Whether in your bag or pocket, the company’s products are a stylish way to carry necessary out-and-about items. The company supports women by championing...
Career Advice for Women in Business: How to Define Success
Men and women are undoubtedly different, and those differences extend to thought processes and communication styles in the workplace. Author and leadership coach Sally Helgesen is well-versed in the habits and characteristics that aid in the success of a...
Taulia
Taulia Financial Technology is known for breaking down all kinds of barriers. The company breaks barriers in supply chain and accelerates cash flows by moving cash faster and providing access to greater liquidity. It breaks work-life balance barriers by supporting...
Merit Medical
Merit Medical is an innovative manufacturer of disposable medical devices. Because of the company’s focus on innovation, it makes medical treatment in critical or remote places economical and safe. Because life-altering innovation is a core value at Merit Medical,...
Canopy
Canopy provides accounting practice and software for client and document management. The company helps accounting firms with workflow, billing, taxes, payments, integrations, and compliance solutions. It provides implementation support, and its content hub includes a...
Cicero®
Cicero® is a management and social sector consulting firm with clients representing various industries, including education, technology, finance, manufacturing, industrials, healthcare, media, retail, communications, and the arts. It offers clients strategy expertise...
MāHK Advertising
In June 2021, two of Utah’s prominent advertising agencies combined to form MāHK advertising. The joining of Richter7 and Kassing Andrews was more than just combining offices and employees. The merger allowed the new agency to revamp its structure and create a...
GPS Capital Markets
GPS Capital Markets is a corporate foreign exchange brokerage firm that champions women in the workplace. Its payment processing solutions provide customers with a full range of options optimized for their unique exposure and needs. How GPS Capital Markets Champions...
Utah Women Talk Business Tips and Advice
It seems like everyone has a side hustle these days, but women business owners aren’t just a fad or a passing phase. Susan Peterson, Annie Auernig, and Julie Hanks, three Utah business owners, shared their experiences starting a business and offered advice for women...
Career Advice for Women in Business: Developing Your Career
In her book, “How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Job”, author and renowned leadership expert Sally Helgesen presents 12 habits that may hinder women in business from progressing in their career. In exploring these...
El’s Pampered Paws
El’s Pampered Paws is one of central Utah’s premier dog training, daycare, and boarding facilities. It supports dog owners to raisehappy, well-adjusted canine friends. While dogs are indeed the center of this company, El’s Pampered Paws recognizes its services are...
Dyno Nobel Inc.
Dyno Nobel is a global leader in the commercial explosives industry. It leads the way with hardware and software solutions that provide accurate predictions, improve production, and reduce costs in the explosives industry. How Dyno Nobel Inc. Champions Women Dyno...
GMRE
GMRE is a veteran-owned small business that provides engineering and technical services for defense businesses. The company’s technical services include end-to-end program management and avionic support. How GMRE Champions Women GMRE supports women in leadership...
Go1
Go1 is a learning and development library that helps companies streamline training and manage and distribute content for eLearning creators. It also establishes a learning ecosystem for a thriving workforce. Its Content Hub makes learning personal and accessible,...
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities, wealth management, and investment management services. With offices in more than 41 countries, the firm's 80,000-plus employees serve clients worldwide including...
Spectrum Recruiting
It is proven that diversity in the workplace can lead to more innovation, creativity, and revenue. However, fewer than 20% of engineering jobs in the United States are held by women. That’s why, as a strategic recruiting partner with a focus on manufacturing and...
Recursion
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Recursion is a clinical biotechnology company working to solve some of the most significant problems facing human health today. It’s building the world’s largest proprietary biological and chemical data atlas and industrializing drug...
San Francisco House Native American Jewelry
Despite what its name suggests, San Francisco House Native American Jewelry is a Utah-based company that employs women of the Navajo Nation to make authentic handmade Native American jewelry. The company champions women employees with flexible benefits and...
ARUP Laboratories
ARUP Laboratories (ARUP) is a national nonprofit and academic reference laboratory serving the diagnostic testing needs of clinicians and their patients throughout the United States. ARUP’s research and testing services are led by an innovative team of pathologists,...
Silvester & Company
Silvester & Company is a women-owned boutique executive search firm headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. Established in 1994, S&C specializes in finding high quality C-Suite and corporate executives tailored to their client's unique needs. With decades of...
Stratos Creative Marketing
The landscape of the marketing industry has changed dramatically over the last several decades. What was once dominated by print media has been taken over by digital advertising mediums. And an industry that was predominantly men has made room for women. Utah-based...
St. George City
When the Utah Women & Leadership Project study revealed the number of women leaders in St. George City was a mere 13%, local officials and employees decided to take action. Since then, city leaders, employees, and citizens have looked for ways to make championing...
Utah Valley University
Utah Valley University (UVU) is committed to student success as an open-admission institution. While the university offers more than 250 degree options to more than 43,000 students, its class sizes average 23 students. Small class sizes allow staff to focus on...
RevRoad
RevRoad likes to think big. The company offers various venture services to help companies grow, such as increasing pipeline sales, hiring new talent, building operations, or expanding to new locations. RevRoad has the expertise, skills, and guidance to make it happen....
Pura
Pura creates safe, sustainable, and socially responsible home fragrances. Its fragrances are produced without harmful chemicals or animal testing. Each fragrance is designed by master perfumers using globally sourced ingredients compounded in the United States. Pura’s...
Catalyst Campus
Catalyst Campus Utah creates ecosystems where government and private contractors interface to advance programs with new technologies. Small contractors, entrepreneurs, academics, and government employees collaborate in research and development labs to accelerate...
Tech Moms
Three tech-savvy Utah women founded Tech Moms, and its business model is solely focused on women. By boldly proclaiming, “You can have a rewarding career and still make it to your kids’ soccer games,” the organization supports Utah women in business. Its robust...
Brandless
When it comes to taking care of your health, body, and home, Brandless has a corner on the market. Because the company is passionate about wellness, it supports Utah women in business by providing a wellness website that sells products that help individuals be their...
Squire
Women make up 44% of the labor force in Utah, yet they only hold 4% of leadership positions in the finance industry. Utah-based accounting firm Squire noticed this disparity and is making strides to equalize those numbers. Through its efforts, the company champions...
Beehive Meals
As a company whose goal is to restore the magic of family dinners, Beehive Meals supports women in business and the home by providing opportunities for them to earn an income while maintaining flexibility. How Beehive Meals Champions Women As a mother of young...
Lending Club
Lending Club has helped Americans reach financial goals since 2007. With over four million members, it has helped its members achieve their financial goals by giving them access to many financial products and services that help individuals earn more when saving and...
UAMMI
Utah Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI) employees may be few, but their impact on women in the workplace is making a big impression on many. From its focus on empowering partnerships with the Girl Scouts of Utah to a returnship program for women...
Moxie Law
Women at Moxie Law are the new superheroes. The female team of personal injury attorneys is dedicated to accepting clients when it knows it can get them the compensation they deserve. With this in mind, the team is passionate about doing what is best for its clients,...
Comma Copywriters
Comma Copywriters is more than just a content marketing company; it’s a company that focuses on creating a work-life balance for every employee. Four of the seven leadership team members, including the founder, had babies last year and took three to four months of...
97th Floor
97th Floor is an award-winning digital marketing agency focused on helping small businesses improve their online visibility. Composed of marketers, graphic designers, and pay-per-click specialists, the company offers a full range of digital marketing services to...
Ballet West Academy
While commemorating six decades of helping shape the face of American ballet this year, Ballet West Academy celebrates the incredible strides it makes in championing women across the Wasatch Front. How Ballet West Academy Champions Women With four campuses from Salt...
Women In Tech Council
Women make up just over 25% of the technology industry, a staggeringly low number considering this demographic makes up close to 52% of the general workforce. Careers in technology can be more flexible, higher paying, and have more work-from-home opportunities–options...
Tina Larson Encourages Discomfort With Inequality
As the daughter of an electrical engineer, Tina Larson has been around engineers her entire life, but growing up, she never saw anyone who looked like her. She didn’t let that stop her from pursuing an education and career in STEM. Today, she is the president and...
Instructure
Instructure is a Utah-based software company that makes education more accessible. You have probably heard of the company's brainchild–Canvas Studio–a collaborative next-generation video-learning platform. The rollout of this online learning platform turned the...
Erin Smith Offers Advice For Women Re-Entering The Workforce
Reentering the workforce after a hiatus can be intimidating. Still, Erin Smith, a research analyst for the Utah Office of Tourism, is a testament to how well it can work for employees and companies. Smith moved overseas after getting her master's degree in sociology....
Dr. Angela Trego Helps Individuals Find Success
It’s often hard to see if personal efforts to make a difference or create change are successful. However, Dr. Angela Trego, a mechanical engineer and businesswoman whose list of degrees, work experience, awards, and accomplishments is seemingly endless, feels we often...
The Women’s Leadership Institute of Utah
Formed in 2015, The Women’s Leadership Institute of Utah (WLI) supports women in business. It shines a light on the lack of women in leadership roles in corporate and political settings. Supporting women is in the organization's DNA through career and leadership...
Wasatch Front Regional Council
Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) plans and builds roads and transportation projects throughout Utah–but not only in a literal sense. The organization is dedicated to helping women find their path in the workplace by providing support, fair pay, flexible schedules...
UVU President Leads By Example
As Astrid Tuminez puts it, her path to becoming the seventh president of Utah Valley University (UVU) looks more like a zig-zag than a straight line. Her life’s journey started in the slums of the Philippines. Still, her work and education took her around the globe...
Rita Magalde: Bringing People Together Over Baklava
How does a woman born in New York end up with a Greek baklava bakery in Utah? Rita Magalde, the owner of Sheer Ambrosia Gourmet Desserts, is familiar with this question. The short answer is she learned how to make baklava from a Greek family she worked for in high...
Kinect Capital
Kinect Capital found the disparity in investing in women-led startups problematic. In 2018 only 2.8% of investment capital went to women entrepreneurs. Women-led startups deliver twice as much per dollar invested versus those started by men (78% per dollar versus...
CHG Healthcare: Empowers Women To Grow in Their Careers
The CHG Healthcare story began in 1979 when a University of Utah physician developed the concept of locum tenens (traveling physicians) as a way to deliver much-needed medical care to rural areas across the country. More than 40 years later, CHG has become one of the...
Sweet Hazel & Co Demonstrates the Power of Community
Felicia Henson, or “Chef Fee” as she’s known in the culinary world, didn’t overthink things when she transitioned from sous chef to bakery owner. After testing the idea out from her home kitchen, she rented a commercial kitchen and opened her bakery, Sweet Hazel &...
Struck
The creative agency Struck is accustomed to disrupting industry standards. It’s no surprise the company supports women in business and even less surprising to find its efforts are helping establish a new industry standard among creative firms. How Struck Champions...
Salsa Queen Shares Her Recipe For Success
What’s the secret to being a successful businesswoman and entrepreneur? According to the Salsa Queen, the winning recipe is about finding your passion, creating something with love, surrounding yourself with the right people, and getting moving. For the Salsa Queen...
Clyde Companies: Championing Women While Leading the Way
Clyde Companies is one of the largest privately-owned enterprises in Utah, spanning the construction, concrete, aggregates, building materials, land development, and insurance industries. It owns and supports the needs of eight subsidiary organizations, including WW...
Tracy George: Mentors Can Change Your Career Path
Tracy George, MD, knows the power of a great mentor. George, a professor of pathology at the University of Utah and the president and chief scientific officer of ARUP Laboratories, might have taken a different career path if it weren’t for a mentor. Just as her mentor...
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs isn’t just a global leader in financial services; it also supports Utah women. Take a look at how the company supports women and how it sets an example for other companies. Goldman Sachs Champions Women One notable way Goldman Sachs champions women is...
McKenzie Bauer: Small Workplace Changes Make a Big Difference
Starting a business can be stressful. Beginning a relationship can be stressful. Starting them both at the same time is the next level of stress. But starting a business while also starting a relationship with your business partner is the craziest combination...
Wilson Electronics: Women Are on the Move
Since 1997, Wilson Electronics, based in St. George, Utah, has been the industry leader in cellular repeater technology. The company holds over 250 patents, and it manufactures two U.S.-built brands of cell signal boosters. Its weBoost products improve signal in...
Dominion Energy
Dominion Energy is a natural power company that operates in nine states, including Utah, and has the second-largest solar portfolio in the country. However, the most impressive thing about the company might be the way it supports women. Dominion Energy Champions Women...
Park City Lodging: Women Empowering Women
As a women entrepreneur of one of the largest vacation rental companies in Park City, Rhonda Sideris knows firsthand the challenges women face in the workplace. Not someone who shies away from a challenge—as her previous walks of life as a bull rider, white water...
Dominion Energy: Actions Speak Louder
Dominion Energy Utah provides reliable, safe, and affordable natural gas service to almost 1.2 million customers in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming that energize homes, businesses, and the lives of Utahns. Headquartered in Richmond, VA, Dominion Energy is a leader in the...
Digital Respons-Ability
Parents and teachers know unfettered access to the internet through phones, tablets, and computers negatively impacts kids, but they have no idea what to do about it. Using data, science, and cutting-edge research, Carrie Rogers-Whitehead developed a curriculum and...
Lendio: Working To Change the Stereotype of Women in the Financial Industry
If images of bankers, wide-lapel auto financing managers, or even Old Man Potter go through your head when thinking of individuals in the financial industry, you’re not alone. And if none of those images were of women in those roles, there’s probably a reason for...
Clozd
Clozd is a Utah-based business that helps companies understand their win/loss data so they can use those insights to win more often. It’s no surprise that Clozd supports women since the data shows women in tech often leads to increased revenue, better morale, and a...
Intermountain Healthcare: Exceeding Employee Expectations
Intermountain Healthcare is an integrated, nonprofit health system based in Salt Lake City, Utah, serving the healthcare needs of people across the Intermountain West and beyond. The organization focuses on providing high-quality care that is accessible and affordable...
Aviva Woman
What if you created a woman-centric company that seamlessly synthesized biology and hospitality into a cohesive whole? Introducing Aviva Woman, the premier med spa revolutionizing women's health and wellness. Suzi Sands has seamlessly blended biology and hospitality...
Paths for Women are Bright at Zions Bancorporation
Whether mentoring promising female employees or monitoring pay equity, Zions Bancorporation supports employees with programs and policies that champion diversity, equity, and inclusion. When Zions Bank opened for business in 1873, five of the first 15 depositors...
Clearfield City
Clearfield City is raising the bar for other Utah cities when it comes to empowering women in the workplace. With an impressive 173 women employees, 16 serving as supervisors, eight as managers, and five selected to participate in the city's leadership academy, it is...
Mentors and Support Systems Helped Katelin Roberts Succeed as a Woman in STEM
Katelin Roberts is the immediate past executive director of BioHive, a company whose purpose is to accelerate the life sciences and healthcare innovation industry in Utah. “BioHive creates a sense of community for our industry and supports businesses and future...
Big Dill Pickleball Co.
When Katy Luxem moved to Utah in 2018, she joined a roller derby team to meet people. She loved the community but decided to hang up her skates after breaking both ankles in separate instances. She picked up pickleball, a sport she had grown up playing in Seattle, to...
Bonsai Bai Me
For Mckenna Sontag, bonsai was a hobby before she started her business Bonsai Bai Me. She would casually get together with her friends and do it for fun, but she never imagined her hobby would turn into a business. Starting in 2022, she took some time to re-evaluate...
Bonded Bracelets—Taking Risks to Grow a Passion Project Into a Business
Rachel Sherwood and Christee Nabor, founders of Bonded Bracelets, have been friends since childhood. For several years they looked for a permanent way to commemorate their friendship without the commitment of a tattoo. When their search didn’t turn up anything that...
Nominations Open for the 100 Companies Championing Women Initiative
GOEO and the Utah Women & Leadership Project, in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, are pleased to announce the recent launch of the 100 Companies Championing Women as part of its Inspire In Utah initiative. The 100 Companies...
Nicole Tanner – Running a woman-owned business one drink at a time
As the cofounder of Swig, Nicole Tanner knows what it takes to make a business successful.
Best Friends Animal Society: Among 2021 Top Workplaces and CEO Julie Castle Wins Leadership Award
Best Friends Animal Society has been named one of Utah’s Top Workplaces 2021 by the Salt Lake Tribune, and iIts CEO, Julie Castle, received the Tribune’s sole 2021 Leadership Award in their large business category. Based on anonymous employee surveys, these awards...
MagTrax: Providing Screen-Free, Clutter-Free Entertainment
In March 2019, just one week into the COVID-19 pandemic, Bryan Stringham’s household clutter was at an all-time high, and entertainment options were at an all-time low. Shortly after that he had a stroke of inspiration. “I had to create something that would be...
My Discovery Destination: Providing Free Family Fun Activities
Since 2017, My Discovery Destination! has provided families with free family fun.
Park City Lodging: A Place to Call Home Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
Park City Lodging has been providing visitors to this mountain resort town with a wide assortment of vacation rentals since 1984.
Hale Center Theater Orem: Adapting and growing in the new normal
Like many other businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, Hale Center Theater Orem had to adjust its business model to continue to bring live entertainment to their audiences.
Utah Symphony Utah Opera: Re-imagining the concert experience
Like many organizations, the Utah Symphony Utah Opera (USUO) were forced to adapt their operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keeping Moab Afloat: The Delicate Balance a Tourist Town Must Make
Moab Gear Trader is a family-owned business at the corner of Main Street in Moab. Marshall Dvorscak has managed this community-oriented gear store since 2014, supplying the small town and its many visitors with outdoor gear.
Hale Centre Theatre: Operating in an Arts friendly State
“It has been a tumultuous year,” said Quinn Dietlein, vice president and executive director of Hale Centre Theatre. “Even though the arts have become a particularly hard-hit industry during the pandemic, Hale Centre Theatre has embodied the popular show business phrase, ‘The show must go on.’”
Natural History Museum of Utah: A welcoming place to safely learn
When the Natural History Museum of Utah closed in March 2020 to help slow the spread of COVID-19, it thought it would be dark for just a week or two. By mid-April, however, it became clear that their “temporary” closure would be extended. Staff members began to prepare for an extended shutdown.
Alf Engen Ski Museum: Safely allowing you to explore one of Utah’s favorite past times
The Alf Engen Ski Museum’s mission is to preserve the ski industry’s rich heritage and share that history with the public. The museum showcases the rich history of skiing in the intermountain region, from its popular school field trip programs to everyday visitors.
Align Spa: Where Passion, Purpose, and Service Align
Align Spa has been a staple in the Park City community for more than 15 years. As the oldest spa in this mining town, it’s repeatedly voted either the best spa or massage by locals.
Eva Restaurant: Facing COVID-19 With Determination and Optimism
Before the pandemic hit, Eva Restaurant was the busiest it had ever been. After 12 years on Salt Lake City’s Main Street, the restaurant was growing, with a record number of employees on its payroll. That quickly changed when the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States, and the protocols for running a restaurant changed drastically.
Rodizio Grill: A Gathering Place for Celebrating Life’s Milestones
Established in 1995, Rodizio Grill was the first Brazilian “churrasco” steakhouse in the United States.
Sweet Tooth Satisfied
Last spring, The Sweet Tooth Fairy owners on Foothill Drive weren’t sure they would be able to keep the bakery open.
Neighborhood Sports Pub Survives COVID-19 With Assistance From Shop In Utah Grant
Four years ago, William and Tali Bruce decided to own a chain of restaurants versus operating them.
Mystery Escape Room Offers Guests a Respite From Daily Pressure
Mystery Escape Room provides much-needed departures from daily routines for its guests by delivering team-building events for friends, families, and workgroups both in-person and virtually.
Live Events Industry Adapts To Survive COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic especially hit hard musicians, audio and visual engineers, sound technicians, and many more individuals dependent on events where people gather for their livelihood.
Alta Community Enrichment Embraces Change
The COVID-19 pandemic has had its share of unintended consequences, but one mountainous community is finding creative ways to confront the challenge of self-isolation.
Gastronomic SLC Adapts To the Changing Salt Lake City Foodie Scene
Stuart Melling, with Gastronomic SLC, is the man in the know when it comes to Utah’s dining scene.
The Homestead Resort Reimagined
Located in the picturesque Heber Valley, the Homestead Resort in Midway offers its guests a wide variety of activities to choose from on its 168-acre property.
Hogle Zoo’s Safe, Fun Visitor’s Experience Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
Did you know elephants don’t get cancer, and the roar of a lion can be heard up to five miles away?
Stokes Nature Center: Serving Clients With Renewed Dedication
Despite 2020’s numerous challenges, Stokes Nature Center (SNC) experienced its most successful year, serving at least 20,000 outdoor enthusiasts in 2020, almost 60% more than the year before, because its staff adapted to the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.
Dustless Technologies Plays Pivotal Role in Training Future Generations
Josie Gayler’s interest in design and 3D printing started in high school after taking a drafting class where the instructor assembled a 3D printer.
Disinfectant Products Become a Family Affair
When COVID-19 first surfaced in the United States, disinfectant products fast became a hot commodity. But as we all know, the supply could not keep up with the demand.
Connecting Leaders With Nature
Leadership is a journey. However, few leaders embark on the type of journey that fosters greatness. That journey is best described as a pilgrimage, a Leadership Pilgrimage.
Beehive Cheese Feeds 3,375 Families With Project Beehive Project Promontory Campaign
Recently, cheese produced by Beehive Cheese for the Project Promontory fundraising campaign was donated to the Utah Food Bank. The donation fed approximately 3,375 families.
Unleashing Your Inner Artist
Jill Johnson, the owner of The Paint Mixer, now says, with a little bit of hindsight, she is grateful for her business being inspired by the late iconic public television personality Bob Ross. One of Ross’s mantras was, “there are no mistakes, only happy accidents,” which is how she approached the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on her business.
Every Child Deserves a Toy, and Every Person Needs a Purpose
Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name. Alton Thacker and his friends at Tiny Tim’s Foundation for Kids found a place where you can do that even during the pandemic.
Store Owners Band Together and Give Back To Community
Maven District is home to Salt Lake City’s largest community of female-owned businesses. During the coronavirus pandemic, store owners banded together, and the result is a thriving business community that focuses on giving back.
Patented Zipper Technology Delivers Five-Finger Freedom
This year, when ski resorts and shops began shutting down in March due to COVID-19, it cut the company’s revenue stream, which it relies on to survive in its offseason. Several retail partners delayed or canceled orders for next season, causing inventory risk and cash flow issues for 12 months out.
Local Humane Society Offers a Safe Haven
Cache Humane Society is at the center of animal welfare, recovery and adoption activity in its community.
Inspired by Cultures Far and Wide, A B&B in the heart of Grand Circle
Set at the foot of the picturesque Kaiparowits Plateau in the southern Utah town of Big Water, World Traveler Bed and Breakfast offers two nautically-decorated homes (and some delicious carrot-cake waffles) minutes from Lake Powell.
Hearth and Hill Park City Restaurant Demonstrates Commitment To Community and Employees
With roughly 200 restaurants in the greater Park City area, why open another one?
CHG Healthcare: Staying Connected From Afar
The pandemic is quickly changing how we work and where we work. That means companies need to adapt the way they lead and engage their workforce. Because employees are more likely to be engaged in their jobs if they feel a sense of connection and belonging with their coworkers, creating that connection is more important than ever.
Relaxation at PuraVida On Main
The PuraVida On Main spa, located on historic Main Street in Park City, has a goal to be present in the lives of those around us by giving grace and respect to one another and the community.
Urban Neighborhood Dining at Carson Kitchen
Urban Neighborhood Dining at Carson KitchenSpecializing in creative American cuisine and thoughtfully crafted cocktails, Carson Kitchen is built on a philosophy of reimagined comfort food prepared with approachable fine-dining ingredients.
Shaping History Through Sculpture
Shaping History Through SculptureCreating unique and specialized statuary for clients from around the globe is what MARBLECast Product, Inc., aka STATUES.COM, has been doing for over 25 years.
Truework Launches Employment and Income Verification API During COVID-19
Headquartered in San Francisco with an office in Draper, Truework was born out of a need for consumers to have more control over their sensitive personal information, especially during important high-impact life events like buying a home, leasing an apartment, or getting a new job.
Top Shelf Helps Maintain Social Connections
Getting together in social settings while enjoying cocktails is a favorite pastime for many Americans. Whether it’s celebrating life’s occasions or relaxing after a long work week, cocktailing has always been a central part of social networking, and Top Shelf has been a part of Utah’s social scene since 2008.
Chefpanzee: Supporting Local Businesses Through COVID-19
Chefpanzee supports small local businesses because Utah is their home too. Along with providing delivery services at a cost, even the smallest business can afford, Chefpanzee also provides marketing, consulting and catering opportunities.
Domo Helps Companies Get Back to Work
To help companies respond to each phase of COVID-19 and manage intelligence from various sources, American Fork-based business cloud provider Domo created the Get Back To Work Command Center. The Center provides a new solution for corporations to protect their most important asset: their people.
Earnest Offers Relief to Clients During COVID-19
When the pandemic hit in March, Earnest’s leadership team acted quickly to ensure a smooth transition to work from home and continues to give employees the flexibility to balance work with personal life with schools and daycare closing.
Looking for Clean and Healthy Food? Look No Further Than Mesa Farm Market
Mesa Farm Market has earned a stellar reputation by providing the community and its visitors with a plentiful assortment of farmstead cheeses, fresh bread, coffee and vegetables.
Young Living Raises Over $1 Million in Virtual, Global Conference
As the world’s leading provider of essential oils, Young Living’s International Grand Convention is one of Utah’s largest global trade events.
Jiffy Lube: An Essential Utah Business Keeping Workers on the Road
As Utah residents adapt to the challenges brought by COVID-19, Jiffy Lubes in Utah have kept their bays open and continued to serve their communities.
Podium Starter Keeps Businesses Open During COVID-19
Aiming to assist local businesses’ recovery from the pandemic, Podium, the leading customer messaging platform for local businesses, released Podium Starter, a free suite of tools designed to enable local businesses to adapt to the new normal by texting their customers.
A Touch of Elegance
Sean Bradley’s unwavering commitment to excellence, his community and customers, are trademarks of this entrepreneur.
A Family Tradition of Selling World-Class Melons
A Family Tradition of Selling World-Class Melons. For Greg Vetere, his wife Rita and their three daughters, planting over 100,000 melon plants is a family affair that is close to their hearts.
Abra Kanabra: Kane County’s “New but Old” Tagline
Abra Kanabra: Kane County’s “New but Old” TaglineCamille Johnson Taylor is a seventh-generation Kane County resident, and she could not be more proud.
Award-Winning Charcuterie Business Launches Gift Card Giveback Program
As many restaurants struggle to keep their doors open during these unprecedented economic times, one Salt Lake City-based business is helping spread the love.
Local Event Planning Company Pivots Operations During Coronavirus Pandemic
When Janice Boes faced a potentially devastating business downturn amid COVID-19, it didn’t stop the determined entrepreneur.
Innovation: The Key to Keeping Utah Nourished During COVID-19
For one restaurateur based in Lehi, Utah, the coronavirus pandemic is giving her the opportunity to connect with her employees and customers on a more personal level.
Utah Arts Group Delivers Curbside Performances
The curbside theater is a small, mobile and maneuverable stage with battery-powered lighting and audio.