Board Members

Peter Billings is president of Fabian & Clendennin, a Salt Lake City law firm; former chair of the Utah Democratic Party; former campaign manager for the 1974 Wayne Owens for Senate campaign; and a key member of the campaign cabinets of Congressman Jim Matheson, candidate for Governor Scott Matheson, former Congresswoman Karen Shepherd, and former Congressman Wayne Owens.

Annette Cumming is president of the Cumming Foundation, founder of Utahn's for Choice (now the Planned Parenthood Action Council), and a board member of the national Planned Parenthood PAC. She has been a prime mover of efforts to elect women and Democrats to office both in Utah and in the nation. She was the finance chair of the Karen Shepherd for Congress campaigns.

Wayne Holland is chair of the Utah Democratic Party, an International Staff Representative for the United Steelworkers of America, and a lifelong political activist who has been a strategist for most of the important races in Utah in the last 20 years.

Esther Landa is a lifelong Democratic activist who has supported campaigns financially and strategically. She is a past national president of the National Council of Jewish Women and a former member of the President's Commission on the Status of Women. She is the creator of Esther's List which supported Democratic women running for the state legislature in Utah.

Matt Lyon serves as president of the Young Democrats of Utah and works as the assistant chief of staff in the Salt Lake City Mayor's Office. He is working on a master's degree in public administration from the University of Utah, where he received the 2007 Robert Hinckley Graduate Scholarship. Matt graduated summa cum laude from the University of Denver. He is a Utah native and currently resides in Salt Lake City.

Norma Matheson is the former first lady of Utah, serving with distinction when Scott Matheson served two terms as governor. She is an activist and strategist for Democratic campaigns and a priceless contributor to a wide variety of efforts that enrich the Utah community.

Robyn Matheson is a field director, scheduler, and campaign manager and has worked on the campaigns of Karen Shepherd for Congress, Scott Matheson for Governor, and Jim Matheson for Congress. She served as field director for Karen Shepherd's first campaign in 1992 and was district director for her Congressional office.

Anne Milliken served as chair of PAC fundraising for the Karen Shepherd for Congress campaigns and is a Democratic activist and strategist for selected campaigns. Her ties to the most important non profit organizations in Utah and the nation put her in a position to make a difference in many areas of politics.

Karen Shepherd is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Utah Senate. Most recently she served six years as a Presidential appointee to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London, England. She has served in the campaign cabinets of Scott Matheson and on the executive committee of the Utah Democratic Party.

Ann Floor is executive director of the Karen Shepherd Fund. In addition to her political work, she has been a strong advocate for community issues, working for a balanced transportation system for the Wasatch Front and support of locally owned businesses in Salt Lake City.