Meet Our Board of Directors
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Samantha Cullinane |
Sam is a parent of a City Academy student and serves on the Board of Directors for the school.
Cullinane is a self-employed business consultant with expertise in program and business process management, business strategy, and leadership/organizational development. Previously employed as Chief of Staff for the current President and CEO of Affiliated Computer Solutions, Inc, Cullinane has broad experience working with commercial market clients and executive management in business process and information technology outsourcing engagements. Additionally, she worked with ACS in the areas of leadership development, corporate program management, and mergers and acquisitions. Cullinane also has experience working internationally - she has lived and worked in Malaysia, has worked and traveled throughout Europe, and spent 2006 living and working in Barcelona, Spain as the Executive Program Director for a Human Resources outsourcing engagement for the European division of a Fortune 500 company. Cullinane attended the University of Utah.
After having watched City Academy grow from a distance over the past several years, Gary is pleased to be able to be a regular part of the CA community. Gary is the Associate Provost for Integrative Learning at Westminster College and is responsible for several initiatives there--civic engagement, environmental initiatives, learning communities, and faculty and staff development among them--all of which aim to deepen student learning and connect it to the real world. His job is to help integrate their activities so that Westminster's students achieve the college's learning goals.
Gary is a historian by training. Before joining Westminster three years ago he taught and did administrative work at BYU. His wife Kristine and he have four daughters, and live in Pleasant Grove. His children attended the Sundance Mountain charter school several years ago, and he served on that board as a parent. Kristine and the girls are quite musical. Among them they play piano, oboe, violin, guitar, trumpet, and drums. Gary occupies his free time serving in the community, doing laundry, driving carpools, and running on the trails in the hills near his home.
Larry is currently the Vice President of Zions Bank in the commercial real estate division and is a certified residential appraiser. He has worked in both residential and commercial real estate banking for over twenty years including a start-up of a loan production office for an Arizona bank. He served as the President of the Utah Mortgage Bankers Association and was active on the board for a number of years. Larry attended the University of Utah. In his spare time, Larry is an avid tennis player who competes at a national level in his division. He is also a husband and father of four.
Chris is an attorney with Woodbury Corporation, where he primarily works in the areas of real estate, human resource and employment law. He was previously vice-president and general counsel for Mancini & Groesbeck, Inc., and practiced law with the firms of Winder & Haslam in Salt Lake City, and Johnson & Johnson in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Born in Duluth, Minnesota, Chris grew up in Salt Lake City, and graduated from Judge Memorial High School. He attended the University of Denver, American College in Paris and the University of Utah (B.S.1982), and received his law degree from the University of Utah in 1986.
While at the University of Utah College of Law, Chris was Student Bar Association Treasurer and Administrative Editor of the Journal of Contemporary Law. He is a member of the Utah Bar Association, Society for Human Resource Management, and International Council of Shopping Centers.
Chris and wife Sharon have one ten year old son, Joey. In recent years, Chris has helped coach Joey's baseball and basketball teams. He also enjoys music, travel, golf and scuba diving.
Erika anticipates graduating with an MBA from Westminster College in August 2010. When she is not at work or school, she enjoys reading, writing, and spending time with friends and family.
Erika Stevens is pleased to join the board of City Academy. A former high school English teacher, she has a special interest and passion for education. Erika currently works as a Communications Specialist at Primary Children's Medical Center, organizing multi-million dollar fundraising campaigns such as the Festival of Trees, and the KSL Telethon and Radiothon. An experienced project manager, Erika has coordinated public relations campaigns, designed and produced marketing materials, and manages relationships with corporate donors.
Nina Vought is a parent of a student in his third year at City Academy. With an MFA in Scenic Design, Nina teaches theatre at Westminster College. Together with her husband Michael, they run the Westminster College Theatre Program. In addition to teaching Acting, Costumes and Makeup, and Design for Theatre, she teaches Yoga. She enjoys using yoga as a tool for wellness, and enjoys introducing students to its vast array of benefits. When she’s not in the classroom, or mothering her two sons, you’ll find Nina in the kitchen creating vegan delights or in the loft standing on her head.
