Christine Watson Mikell
A dynamic and recognized leader in the development of Utah’s renewable energy, Christine Watson Mikell is an engineer by education and an entrepreneur by practice. The developer of Utah’s first utility-scale wind farm in Spanish Fork and another in Monticello, she has advocated for Utah to be a leader in affordable, clean energy for the past decade. A founding board member of Utah Clean Energy, she currently serves as a member of the Cottonwood Heights City Council.
Ron Penner
Ron was drawn to the Wasatch Mountains from Washington D.C. nearly forty years ago. He is an avid skier, bicyclist, art lover, restaurant patron and general outdoorsman. Ron practiced accounting for 25 years, including both public accounting and in industry. He was the Treasurer at Utah Rivers Council for several years and is currently the Treasurer at Wasatch Backcountry Alliance. He had a column in the Utah Adventure Journal and was a regular contributor to Ascent Backcountry Snow Journal. Ron lives with his family in Salt Lake City and doesn't have air conditioning.
Jill baillie
Jill Baillie is an accomplished and highly passionate educator with 30 years of experience in outdoor and general education. Starting her education career in adventure therapy programs, Jill knows the powerful impact outdoor learning has on the emotional, behavioral, and intellectual development of the child. She has extensive experience in private and public education, currently leading a majority minority middle school in central Salt Lake City. After sending 250 students to Wasatch Mountain Institute, Jill joined the board to help further WMI’s mission of creating more equitable access to nature for children of color. When Jill is not working, she is enjoying the open spaces of our great state.
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Diane maggipinto
Diane has lived in Utah longer than her native New England, and brought west with her a love of outdoor experiences thanks to idyllic opportunities in a simpler world. Her family vacationed summers on Cape Cod in a Cox pop-up camper, the days spent lingering at the ocean, on the bay, or dipping in a cold kettle pond. Winter weekends traveling by Oldsmobile station wagon brought them to a winterized single-wide in a Vermont campground of similars, equally buffered for snows.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Government, and by happenstance landed in radio, as a host, news anchor, reporter, live emcee, and voiceover talent, working in Vermont, Montana, and Utah, and most recently at 90.1, the NPR member station KUER.
She also earned a Master of Legal Studies at SJ Quinney College of Law. Current work includes Great Salt Lake advocacy, podcast production, and voiceover.Her interests are many and shifting, including alpine and nordic skiing, camping, hiking, biking, and traveling with the family, cooking, baking, gardening, reading, irregular ukulele playing, and cardio. Diane' s household includes a spouse, two teens, a pair of cats, and an old dog.
Adrienne Bell
Adrienne serves as a real estate and development counsel and strategic advisor to renewable energy developers in connection with the development, financing, buying and selling of utility-scale wind, solar, storage, and geothermal energy projects. She has worked on projects within our footprint as well as across the country. She also provides legal and real estate council on land use and zoning matters, including public lands issues. Along with other attorneys, she assists clients with obtaining state and local tax incentives for renewable projects.
Adrienne has a Bachelors from University of Chicago, a Masters from University of Texas Austin, and a J.D. from Quinney College of Law, University of Utah.