Promise Partnership Council
The Promise Partnership Council (PPC) acts as Promise Partnership Utah's advisory board, bringing in their expertise to guide how we create systems change in our community.
The PPC is comprised of a dedicated group of youth, community leaders, school representatives, community partners, and systems leaders who all come together to work on complex problems.
Council members work together to pursue lasting social change on some of our community’s toughest challenges by addressing systemic barriers, scaling practices that work, and leveraging their influence to create alignment and political will.
Youth Council
A subgroup of the PPC made up of youth ages 16-24 who represent communities in the Promise Partnership Utah region. Utilizing their lived experience, they offer additional thoughts on prioritized indicators from full PPC meetings to send to the Collaborators. Along with the Collaborators, they offer guidance, support, and improvements to strategies developed from chosen indicators.
Collaborators
Collaborators are a subgroup of the PPC, made up of representatives from community organizations, school representatives, and other roles who most closely serve our community. The task of this group is to review priority indicators identified by the full council and narrow them down to areas the broader partnership is well-positioned to address and pass those along to strategy workgroups. Collaborators will also offer guidance, support, and suggestions to help improve the strategies developed from chosen indicators.
Accelerators
Accelerators are a subgroup of the PPC made up of systems leaders who will support strategy workgroups with clear, focused action commitments. Accelerators support strategies over which they have direct influence. They will help track the progress and accountability of strategy workgroups.
Co-Chairs
The Promise Partnership Council Co-chairs are individuals from Collaborators, Accelerators, and the Youth Council who support meeting facilitation and preparation. These individuals were nominated by their respective subgroups and commit to serving as a co-chair for a minimum of one year. The two chairs from Collaborators and Accelerators will focus on the full PPC meetings, while the Youth Leader will focus on the Youth Council meetings. Dakota Matherly, Sarah Reader, and Samhita Chavakula currently serve as PPC co-chairs.
**PPC members who serve as Accelerators are indicated with a double asterisk by their name.
Council Members
Clearfield
Mark Shepherd
Civic Leader
Sue Caldwell
School Representative
Tryn Hunt
Community Partner
Tiffany Tuck
School Representative
Sarai Neumarker*
Community Leader
Val Lopez
Community Leader
Emilia Boke
Youth Leader
Jason Salazar
Youth Leader
Kearns
Andrew Busath
School Representative
Carol Castaneda
School Representative
Thelma Vazquez*
Community Leader
Amy Torres
Community Partner
Midvale
Mauricio Agramont
Community Partner
Liliana Herrera
School Representative
Elena Reyes
School Representative
Rocio Gonzalez
Community Leader
David Bird*
Community Leader
Dustin Gettel
Civic Leader
Vitalia Sun
Youth Community Leader
Millcreek
Lupe Herrera
Community Leader
Cheri Jackson
Civic Leader
Michael Gura
Business Leader
Kayla Mayers*
Community Partner
Lindsay Adams
School Representative
Satwik Chavakula
Youth Leader
Ogden
Meghan Shaw
Community Leader
Allie Johnson
School Representative
Sarah Reader*
School Representative
Luis Lopez
Civic Leader
Salt Lake City
Jennifer Newell
Civic Leader
Sue Hall
Community Partner
Nicole Wilson Steffes*
School Representative
Jessica Purrington
Business Leader
Trey Nicholson
Community Leader
Steve Williams
Community Partner
South Salt Lake
Anna Garcia
Community Leader
Silvia Imelda Aguero
Community Leader
Cherie Wood*
Civic Leader
April Guardado
School Representative
Crista Holt
School Representative
Edward Lopez
Community Partner
Chris Hudson
Business Leader
Community Schools
Susie Estrada**
System Leader
Cassy Saxton
Subject Matter Expert
Lauren Levorsen*
Community Partner
Early Childhood and Prenatal-5
William Cosgrove*
Subject Matter Expert
Carolyn Reynolds
Community Partner
Tracy Gruber**
System Leader
Early Learning/Literacy
Dakota Matherly**
System Leader
Moe Hickey
Subject Matter Expert
Marisa Bell*
Community Partner
Financial Stability, Workforce, & Employment
Abram Sherrod**
System Leader
Sarah Beaumont
Subject Matter Expert
Health and Basic Needs
Oscar Ames
Community Partner
Alison Fleming*
Subject Matter Expert
Todd McGee
System Leader
Math
Clarence Ames*
Subject Matter Expert
Lindsey Henderson
Community Partner
Molly Basham**
System Leader
Postsecondary Outcomes
Ken Perko*
Community Partner
Jason Taylor
Subject Matter Expert
Greg Peterson**
System Leader
Superintendents
Ben Horsley**
Superintendent
Luke Rasmussen**
Superintendent
Molly Hart
Superintendent
Elizabeth Grant**
Superintendent
Dan Linford**
Superintendent
Collective Impact Experts
Amy Ahrens Terpstra
Collective Impact Expert
Julie Johnson**
Collective Impact Expert
Bill Crim**
Collective Impact Expert
CodiAnne Nye
Collective Impact Expert
Mackenzie Parkin
Collective Impact Expert
Promise Partnership Council Members are affiliated with a wide range of organizations and companies across both the public and private sectors:
211 Utah
Alpine School District
Bountiful Food Pantry
Canyons School District
Clearfield City
Community Development Corporation of Utah
Davis School District
Department of Health and Human Services
DHHS Office of Early Childhood
Granite Park Junior High
Granite School District
Intermountain Health
Kearns City
Kearns High
Kearns Junior High
Mansell Realtors
My Hometown
Mark Miller Subaru
Midtown Community Health Center
Midvale City
Midvale Community Building Community
Millcreek City
OC Tanner
Millcreek Promise
Ogden City
Ogden School District
Promise Partnership Utah
Promise South Salt Lake
Salt Lake Center for Science Education
Salt Lake City School District
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake County Youth Services
South Salt Lake City
SpyHop
Tyler Library
STEM Action Center
United Way of Northern Utah
University of Utah
Utah Afterschool Network
Utah Community Action
Utah State Board of Education
Utah State Library Division
Utah State University Salt Lake County
Utah's Promise
Voices for Utah Children
The Promise Partnership Council is NOT the Board of Directors for Promise Partnership Utah. The Board of Directors for Utah’s Promise (a 501(c)(3) organization) holds fiduciary responsibility and oversight of Promise Partnership Utah, and ensures that there are staff and resources in place to support the Partnership. Learn more here.