Salt Lake City—The Salt Lake Chamber will honor Wilford Clyde, Chair of Clyde Companies, Inc., as the 44th Giant in our City on the evening of Thursday, April 27, at the Grand America Hotel. The award recognizes those with exceptional and distinguished service, as well as extraordinary professional achievement, and is widely known as the most prestigious business award given in Utah. 

The event will recognize Clyde’s outsized contributions and decades of dedicated service to our chamber, community and state. In addition to celebrating his professional accomplishments in business. 

At the event, the Chamber, in partnership with Utah Community Builders, will also recognize Mary Ann Lee, Artistic Director for the Tanner Dance Program & Children’s Dance Theatre at the University of Utah, with the 5th annual Lane Beattie Utah Community Builder Award. The award recognizes an inspirational individual who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to address critical community needs.

Charitable donation to be announced during the event.

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WHO:

• Derek Miller, President & CEO, Salt Lake Chamber
• A. Scott Anderson, President & CEO, Zions Bank and Co-Chair, Giant in our City Committee
• Jake Boyer, CEO, The Boyer Company and Advisory Board Member, Utah Community Builders
• Lisa Eccles, President & COO, George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation and Co-Chair, Utah Community Builders
• Kem C. Gardner, Chairman, Gardner Group and Co-Chair, Giant in our City Committee
• Dr. Donna Milavetz, Chief Medical Officer, Cambia Health Solutions and Board Chair, Salt Lake Chamber

WHERE: Grand America Hotel

555 S. Main Street

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

WHEN: April, 27, 2023

Reception 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Program 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

PRESS AND INTERVIEWS:

If you are interested in coordinating an interview, please send name, title, and organization to David Hursey at [email protected].

About the Salt Lake Chamber 

The Salt Lake Chamber is Utah’s largest and longest-standing business association. A statewide chamber of commerce with members in all 29 Utah counties, the Chamber represents the broad interests of the state’s 63,000-plus employers, which employ more than 1.4 million Utahns. This includes thousands of Chamber members and their employees. With roots that date back to 1887, the Chamber stands as the voice of business, supports its members’ success and champions community prosperity.

About a Giant in Our City 

The Salt Lake Chamber Board of Governors established the Giant in our City award in 1969. The award was created to honor exceptional and distinguished public service and extraordinary professional achievement. It is considered the Chamber’s most prestigious award and is given periodically by the Chamber Board of Governors.

About the Utah Community Builders

Utah Community Builders, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social impact foundation that is an affiliate of the Salt Lake Chamber. Utah Community Builders creates a platform for businesses to engage our most pressing challenges, harnessing the innovation and efficiency of the private sector to drive real progress on social issues affecting our businesses, workforce, families, and all Utahns. The Utah Community Builders Advisory Board is co-chaired by Clark Ivory, CEO of Ivory Homes, and Lisa Eccles, president and COO of the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation.

About the Utah Community Builder Award
The Lane Beattie Utah Community Builder Award recognizes an inspirational individual who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to address a crucial community issue. Pamela Atkinson was the inaugural recipient in 2019.