Announcing the 2011 Enlightened 50 or 'E-5-0'
The Enlightened Fifty, or E-5-O, is a group of community-nominated and peer-selected individuals who are a driving force in improving Utah’s future. They:
- pioneer innovative and sustainable approaches, making a long-term impact on critical issues facing our state;
- demonstrate a commitment to community engagement and the common good; and
- are most likely to make a profound mark on Utah’s quality of life.
The 2011 E-5-0
- Rocky Anderson - High Road for Human Rights
- Scott Anderson - Zions Bank
- Pete Ashdown - XMission
- Karen Ashton - Timpanogos Story Telling Festival
- Pamela Atkinson - Community Advocate
- Deborah Bayle - United Way of Salt Lake
- Ralph Becker - Salt Lake City Mayor
- Greg Bell - Lt. Governor of the State of Utah
- Cynthia Bioteau, Ph.D. - Salt Lake Community College
- Craig Bott - Grow Utah Ventures
- Angela Brown SLUG Magazine
- Gerald Brown - State of Utah Refugee Services
- Patrick Byrne, Ph.D. - Overstock.com
- Gavin Christensen - Kickstart
- Bill Crim - United Way of Salt Lake
- Gary Crocker - Crocker Ventures
- Tim DeChristopher - Peaceful Uprising
- Geralyn Dreyfous - The Utah Film Center
- Lisa Eccles - The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation
- Elder Henry B. Eyring - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Douglas Fabrizio - KUER Radio West
- Matthew Godfrey - Mayor of Ogden
- Robert Grow - Envision Utah
- Alan Hall - Mercato Partners
- Paul Hutchinson - Real Estate Opportunity Capital Fund
- Isaac Jacobson E-TAGZ
- Josh James - Domo
- Patricia Jones - Utah State Senator
- Joshua Kanter - Alliance for a Better Utah
- Alexander Lawrence - Weber State University
- David Livermore - The Nature Conservancy
- Tom Love - Love Communications
- Todd Manwaring - Economic Self Reliance Center at BYU
- Ben McAdams - Utah State Senator
- Mary Migliorelli - Salt Lake Community College
- Matthew Minkevitch - The Road Home
- Eric Mitchell - Fifth Ocean Consulting
- Lloyd Pendleton - Utah Division of Housing and Community Development
- Marcia Price - Community volunteer
- Adam Price - The Salt Lake Art Center
- Taylor Randall, Ph. D. - David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah -
- Sean Reyes - E-TAGZ
- John Richards - Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship at BYU
- Jocelyn Romano - Utah Health & Human Rights Project
- Beverly Sorenson - The Sorenson Legacy Foundation
- Claire Uno - Wasatch Community Gardens
- Dana Williams - Mayor of Park City
- Cherie Wood - Mayor of South Salt Lake
- Rob Wuebker, Ph. D. - David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah -
- Crystal Young-Otterstrom - The Salty Cricket Composers Collective and Utah Cultural Alliance
The 2010 E-5-0
- Rocky Anderson, High Road for Human Rights
- Scott Anderson, Zions Bank
- Pete Ashdown, Xmission
- Paul Allen, FamilyLink.com
- Christie Babalis, The Canyons
- Kerry Bate, Salt Lake Housing Authority
- Brent Bishop, ContentWatch
- Krista Black, JK Black Systems
- Brock Blake, Funding Universe
- Anne Burkeholder, YWCA
- Jordan Clements, Peterson Partners
- Partick Commiskey, Four Sight Partners
- Lew Cramer, World Trade Center Utah
- Gary Crocker, Crocker Ventures
- Ryan Davies, Redco
- Dave Duffin, Rumbi Island Grill
- Zeke Dumke III, Western States Management
- Linda Dunn, Bennion Center
- Jill Ellis, Ustar
- JD Gardner, Zen Print
- David E. Gee, Parr, Brown, Gee & Loveless
- Peter Giles, The Leonardo
- Natalie Gochnour, Salt Lake Chamber
- Steve Grizzell, Innoventures
- Allan Hall, Mercato Partners
- Jeremy Hanks, Doba
- Darci Hansen, Elan Woman
- Josh James, Omniture
- John Keller, World Wide Books
- Alex Lawrence, Funding Universe
- Dan Lofgren, Cowboy Partners
- Tom Love, Love Communications
- Jeramy Lund, The Lund Foundation
- Victoria Lyons, Bad Dog Rediscovers America
- Todd Manwaring, BYU
- Greg Miller, Larry Miller Group
- Jeffrey Miller, Mark Miller Subaru South Towne
- Matthew Minkevitch, The Road Home
- Richard Nelson, Utah Technology Council
- Eric Olafson, Tomax
- Dinesh Patel, vSpring
- Adam Price, Salt Lake Art Center
- Jerry Rapier, Plan-B Theater Company
- Insa Riepen, Recycle Utah
- Kayleen Simmons, People Helping People
- Will West, Control 4
- Gary Williams, BYU Marriot School
- Rob Wuebker, University of Utah
- Ze Min Xiao, Refugee Services Liaison
- Judy Zone, YouthLinc
The nomination and selection process
Our process is modeled on the highly successful v-100 pioneered by Greg Warnock while he was with V Spring Capital to recognize emerging entrepreneurs. The foundation distributed a request for nominations of individuals and businesses leaders in the corporate, government, academic, media and nonprofit sectors. generating more than 150 nominees. The nominees themselves then selected five individuals, creating Utah's first list of the top 50 enlightened entrepreneurs – the E-5-O. We will repeat this process annually, building a network of innovators committed to the common good.
