Jesselie B. Anderson, Chair
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Jesselie Anderson holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Utah. She serves as a Legacy of Life committee member for the Deseret Foundation Heart and Lung Institute. She also co-chairs the Governor's Mansion Artist Series and is a board member for the Governor's Mansion Foundation. Anderson is the past chairperson of the Children's Center and the Utah Museum of Natural History.
Presently, she is co-chair of the Waterford School Parents’ Advisory Committee and is a member of the executive committee for the Zoo, Arts and Parks Reauthorization Committee.
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Gail Miller, Vice Chair
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Gail Miller was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is a graduate of West High School and attended the University of Utah. She worked at Mountain Bell Telephone Company from 1962 until 1970. She lived in Colorado from 1970 to 1979 when she and her husband returned to Salt Lake City to start their own business. She organized a non-profit organization with the Jazz wives called "The Rest of the Jazz" to help women and children in jeopardy in the Utah area. Gail and the late Larry H. Miller have 5 children and 23 grandchildren. Gail's interests include reading, sewing, genealogy, and compiling family history books. She served on the Salt Lake Community College Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2008 and was reappointed in 2009. She currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the Larry Miller Group of Companies.
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Jeff Edwards
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Jeff Edwards was appointed President & CEO of the Economic Development Corporation of Utah in January 2005. He joined the company as the Vice President of Client Services in June 2001. He has worked the past 20 years in diverse technology marketing and management positions in the information technology and aerospace industries.
Jeff is a graduate of the University of Utah, with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of Salt Lake Community College and This is the Place Heritage Park Foundation. He is a long time member of the Governor’s Special Projects Committee, served on the Governor’s 2000 Transition Task Force and serves on the Boards of the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, Salt Lake Visitors and Convention Bureau and the Utah Information Technology Association.
Early in his career, as a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, he was instrumental in getting high school science and engineering experiments on board NASA shuttle missions. In his ‘spare time’ he enjoys hiking and skiing and is an avid photographer. He and his wife, Karamea Evans Edwards, are the proud parents of four children, two dogs and one cat.
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Larry Hancock
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Larry Hancock has served as the Utah Market President of Iasis Healthcare since June of 2003, where he is responsible for the development and operations of the Utah Market including four full-service medical/surgical hospitals: Davis Hospital and Medical Center, Salt Lake Regional Medical Center, Jordan Valley Hospital and Pioneer Valley Hospital.
Previous to his appointment at Iasis, Mr. Hancock has served as CEO of Altius Health Plans, American Family Care of Utah and St. Mark’s Hospital. Mr. Hancock has received two degrees from Brigham Young University, a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a Master of Public Administration degree.
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Ashok Joshi
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After beginning his life and education overseas, Dr. Joshi received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University and quickly went on to establish himself as a leading researcher in several prominent companies such as Ray-O-Vac. His entrepreneurial spirit then moved him to return to his native India and found the first button cell battery development and manufacturing company in that country, where his accomplishments earned him the first National Small Business Entrepreneurial Award given by the President of India. Then, twenty years ago, Dr. Joshi returned to America and joined Ceramatec, Inc., a spinout company from the University of Utah here in Salt Lake City – establishing the Cerion business division that subsequently developed and marketed the company’s first commercial products, including oxygen analyzers and sensors that are still sold throughout the world. In 2000, he acquired Ceramatec and rose to the position of President and CEO. Though he sold the company in 2008, he still serves as President.
Dr. Joshi is actively involved in community development, serving as a member of the Board of Trustees for Salt Lake Community College. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Industrial Research Institute. In his spare time, Dr. Joshi is a philanthropist engaged in the development and building of three schools serving 1800 under-privileged children in rural India. One of the schools focuses on mentally challenged children.
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Stanley B. Parrish
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Stan Parrish and his wife Joyce live in Salt Lake City and are the proud parents of six children and 14 grandchildren. Parrish has worked 21 years in the wholesale floor covering business--the last seven as President and CEO of the company. He worked for five years as Chief of Staff for Senator Orrin Hatch and was appointed by President Reagan to serve as Associate Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Returning to Utah, Parrish served as Governor Bangerter's Executive Director of Community and Economic Development, worked as President of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce and then returned to the private sector. He is currently actively involved in four businesses ranging from low tech to high tech.
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Annie V. Schwemmer
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Annie Schwemmer is the 2009-2011 president of the Salt Lake Community College Alumni Association. She graduated from SLCC in 1995 with an Associate of Science in Architectural Technology. She then went on to receive a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies and a Master of Architecture from the University of Utah in 2001.
In 2003 Annie helped found Renovation Design Group, a local architectural firm that specializes in residential remodeling. In their first 6 years of operation they have designed over 600 home remodels. She is currently licensed as an architect in the states of Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, & Wyoming. She is a member of the American Institute of Architects, Utah Chapter, and is an active member of the Housing Committee. Annie and her business partner Ann B. Robinson have written a weekly “Renovation Solutions” column for the Deseret News since April of 2005. Annie is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Utah in the College of Architecture + Planning.
Annie’s involvement with the SLCC Alumni Association is a direct result of her strong belief in the value of education: to individuals, to communities, and to our society in general. She likes the College’s mission of providing learning opportunities to “people of diverse cultures, abilities, and ages,” and she feels a strong sense of personal responsibility to give back because of the many people who have given her life-changing opportunities over the years.
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Richard Tranter
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Richard Tranter has been superintendent of the Murray City School District since 1998 where he has held various administrative and teaching positions. Being a product of Utah schools (and a graduate of Murray High) gives him unique insight into the Utah educational system. He holds undergraduate, graduate and educational specialist degrees from BYU and attended the Harvard Graduate School of Education for Principalship Studies.
Superintendent Tranter was named Utah Principal of the Year in 1995, Administrator of the Year in 1999, Utah Superintendent of the Year in 2005 and has been awarded many other educational and leadership recognitions. He has served as a member of the Principal Mentoring Alliance, Utah State Accreditation Committee, Utah Secondary Principals’ Association Legislative Council, Utah High School Athletic Association Board of Trustees, Utah Commission for Northwest Association of Accredited Schools, as a Danforth Foundation Representative and in advisory capacity for many other professional and civic organizations.
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Liuaki Fo’oumeimuli Vakapuna
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Liuaki Fo’oumeimuli Vakapuna is the 2009-2010 Student Body President for Salt Lake Community College. Liu was born and raised in Utah as the second generation living in the United States. He comes from a beautiful cultured family of four, from both the Samoan and Tongan islands. Liu was raised in a single-parent home by his mother, who is his mentor and has a lot to do with where he stands today. He graduated from West High School in the class of 2003 and served a full-time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Honduras, Central America. After returning, Liu enrolled at Salt Lake Community College as an International Business Major and plans to complete his Associates here. During his first few semesters as a student at SLCC, he was involved with Student Relations as an SLCC Ambassador and was challenged to continue using the Spanish language to help out with the large Latino community here at the College. His goal this year is to inspire, assist, and serve all students of all cultures, abilities, and ages.
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Anna Kay Waddoups
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Anna Kay Waddoups was born and raised in Afton, Wyoming. She graduated from Star Valley High School and then attended Brigham Young University where she obtained a degree in Business Education.
Anna Kay and her husband, Michael, have been heavily involved in politics. She has managed his successful political career for the past 20 years. Waddoups currently chairs the DUI Subcommittee for the Utah Substance Abuse and Anti-Violence Committee. She is the mother of two daughters and grandmother to six wonderful grandchildren. She enjoys scrapbooking, gardening and playing with grandchildren.
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