EVENT DETAILS
Registration is now Closed!
Registration for the Student Leadership Summit is still open, but we are sold out! We encourage you to sign up for the Wait List as there is still a possibility of attending! Registration is $20 and includes transportation to and from the Union Building to the Alta Peruvian Lodge, Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks, and an amazing leadership development experience. If you would like to attend the summit but the registration fee poses an obstacle for you, please do not hesitate to contact us at leadership@utah.edu to discuss options. As the summit is only open to the first 110 students who sign up, we expect this event will sell out quickly. The priority registration deadline is Friday, October 7th. If you wish to attend the summit, we highly encourage you to register by October 7th to increase the likelihood of getting a spot! Please only sign up if you are committed to attending the entire event. Information about the waitlist will be shared here when the event sells out.
MEET THE KEYNOTE AND SLS FACILITATORS
The 2022 Student Leadership Summit will be held on Saturday, October 29th.
Student Leadership & Involvement is excited to host U of U alumna and Salt Lake City Mayor, Erin Mendenhall as the Keynote speaker for the 2022 Summit. Erin Mendenhall was sworn in as the 36th Mayor of Salt Lake City on January 6, 2020. Prior to being elected Mayor, Erin represented District 5 on the City Council for six years, including one year as its chair. She is the first mayor in Salt Lake City history to have been publicly elected from the City Council. As Mayor, Erin is working hard to make Salt Lake City more environmentally and economically resilient, and to take advantage of the region’s historic period of economic opportunity. She is determined to ensure every Salt Laker — no matter their neighborhood, economic or housing status, faith, race, or sexual or gender identity — can access all the city has to offer. Erin’s love for the extraordinary people of Salt Lake City drives an unrelenting commitment to bringing people from different walks of life together in pursuit of results for the entire city.
Facilitators
Name: Nate Zwart
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Role at the University of Utah: Associate Director of Student Services, School of Accounting
Favorite Quote: “Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Name: April M. Casiano
Pronouns: She/Her
Role at the University of Utah: Administrative Officer in the College of Fine Arts
Favorite Quote: “They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seed.” Unknown
Name: Sara Thomas
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Role at the University of Utah: Graduate Assistant for Student Organizations, Student Leadership & Involvement
Favorite quote: “Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be; embrace who you are.” - Brene Brown
Name: Ethan Foley
Pronouns: He/him/his
Role at the University of Utah: Student Governance Advisor, Student Leadership & Involvement
Favorite Quote: “Be curious, not judgmental.” -Ted Lasso
Name: Fa’ama’i (Fa’a) Taupa’u
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Role at the University of Utah: Director of the Veteran Support Center
Favorite Quote: “It’s a bridge, get over it”
Name: Josh Olszewski
Pronouns: He / Him / His
Role at the University of Utah: Student Organizations Coordinator, Student Leadership & Involvement
Favorite quote: “All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you. The only lasting truth is change.” – Octavia Butler
Name: Ingrid Nicole Mata
Pronouns: She/Her/Ella
Role at the University of Utah: Graduate Assistant for Programming, Student Leadership & Involvement
Favorite quote: "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together" - African Proverb
Name: Marissa Questereit
Pronouns: She/Her/Her's
Role at the University of Utah: Programming Advisor, Student Leadership & Involvement
Favorite quote: Being FEARLESS isn't being 100% Not FEARFUL, it's being terrified but you jump anyway...”― Taylor Swift
Name: Collin Binkley
Pronouns: he/him/his
Role at the University of Utah: Graduate Assistant, Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life
Favorite quote: “Change and growth take place when a person has risked themselves and dares to become involved in experimenting with their own life.” – Herbert Otto
Name: Mallory Adamson
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Role at the University of Utah: Health and Safety Trainer, Child Care and Family Resources
Favorite Quote: “Grow through what you go through”
Summit Operations, Logistics, Curriculum Design:
Name: Erica Andersen
Pronouns: She/Her/Her's
Role at the University of Utah: Director, Student Leadership & Involvement
Favorite quote: "To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift", Steve Prefontaine.