Utah League of Cities and Towns

League Staff

• Kenneth Bullock

  Twenty something years ago Kenneth Bullock wandered into the ULCT office seeking an internship and within months (or maybe it was years, but who's counting?) he was anointed as the executive director, and he's never sat still long enough to lose that title. Ken's primary duty is quite simple: convince 245 diverse communities to sorta agree long enough to get something done. And by most accounts, he's kept it together. When was the last time you saw a city or town disincorporate? Ken's future at the ULCT is inextricably tied to the future of Mitt Romney; insiders all agree that if handsome Mitt becomes president at some point in the future (probably about the time the Constitution is hanging by a thread), Ken will likely become the last resident at Guantanamo. Ken has a wife and two tall sons. Contact Ken for: the inside scoop on Utah politics, passion about the Making Life Better Campaign, dirt on Mitt Romney, and PAC 10 basketball analysis. kbullock@ulct.org

• David Church

  Twenty-plus years ago, fresh out of law school (where he was in the upper 90% of his class) David Church hooked up with the ULCT as legal counsel. In the meantime, David has become somewhat of a legal rock star in the area of municipal law and few city attorneys in the state know more about scintillating issues such as water rates, animal license fees and annual audit requirements. David will occasionally hit the road to assist local officials on their home turf but his selection of training locations is generally in direct relation to the quality of fishing in that part of the state. David is married to a woman far more powerful and smarter than he, and together they have two sons and, presumably, a very large home in South Jordan. Contact David for: pretty much anything related to city government, hot fishing spots, stream flow in Utah, and his parent's phone number in Panguitch. bclaw@xmission.com

• Cameron Diehl

  Over the years the ULCT has proudly crushed the idealistic dreams for public service that interns bring with them to our office. Cameron Diehl is the one inexplicable exception. After a year, or so, of seemingly crushing his guileless dreams, we sent him off to law school in Colorado, thinking he was safely on the fast-track to staggering college debt, followed by the realization that practicing law in the real world was not quite as cool as it looked in the TV world, and that like most lawyers he'd be too proud to admit such and go on to have a long but quietly unfulfilling legal career whilst living in a McMansion in his home town of Murray. But we were wrong. On a bleak winter morning last December, we found Cam on the doorstep of the ULCT World HQ asking if he could hang his virgin legal shingle in a spare office. We obliged mostly because we were all sorta curious how said shingle would look in that office. Call Cameron with questions about: arcane (and wholly useless) Univ. of Utah sports trivia, arcane (and irrefutably useless) Murray recreation league sports trivia, and the Jazz's starting lineup for every game since he turned 6.

• Brian Hall

  Brian Hall, director of training, left his pastoral but provincial rural home in search of enlightenment and landed in Utah, of all places. He once met Ollie North in Washington, "went away" for a number of years and then suddenly returned having mastered many military/weapon/war words and phrases in Spanish. We don't ask. His photo with Ollie is on his bookshelf behind some DVDs if you care to look, but you can't touch. He was once a Japanese shuhoo, whatever that is. When he's feeling spry he bikes 9.43 miles from his charmless suburban brick rambler to the ULCT world HQ and relishes in challenging the rest of us to participate in his global visions. We let him out of the office twice a year at our conferences to unleash his rose-colored visions on Utah's municipal officials. Contact Brian for: answers to random municipal issues (but don't be surprised if he punts and suggests you call David Church), geography trivia, and the travel information to various parts of the globe. bhall@ulct.org

• Jodi Hoffman

  Jodi Hoffman is the league's very own whipping girl for land use legislation. Each year we toss her to the wolves who are seeking legislative changes to land use law and each year she manages to survive the attacks and work out something that keeps the wolves at bay for another year. If you want to chat about the vagaries of land use law, Jodi is your gal. Jodi lives and skis and rides her horses in Park City, when she's not taking one for team ULCT. Contact Jodi for: land use politics and law questions. jhoffman@ulct.org

• Claire Henriod

  (Claire has left us again for yet another internship related to her major. But she says this time she's not coming back. We don't believe her. Claire always comes back.)

  Claire Henriod is the veritable wind beneath the wings of the ULCT. She's so effective in her clerking duties that she only turns up for work three days each week, but sometimes on consecutive days. When not at the ULCT (which, let us be clear, is most of the time) Claire might be found in her yoga or bowling classes (or maybe it's yoga bowling?) at the University of Utah, where she's a student, or at least that's what she's told us when she's here, which is not very often. Contact Claire for: general dating advice, and tips on how to effectively boss around people who are old enough to be your mother or father. chenriod@ulct.org

• Michelle Reilly

  Michelle Reilly is officially the ULCT's director of administrative services, but she's really more useful in the roll as our official institutional memory. Michelle started with the league at the tender age of 15 (okay, maybe it was 17, but either way, long before child labor laws were enforced), and three executive directors, one husband and three children later, she's still here. Michelle's talents include planning big conventions, giving new life to has-been musicians, paying the bills, and keeping general order in the league office. More than anyone else on the planet, she knows the eating habits of Utah's municipal officials and plans to blog about it in retirement. Contact Michelle for: the history of the ULCT, money, random questions not related to legal or legislative issues, and the most popular food items at our conferences. mreilly@ulct.org

• Meg Ryan

  Not long after Meg Ryan starred in the blockbuster movie "You've Got Mail" she opted out of the Hollywood rat race and moved to Park City, where she settled into the quiet life as a planner for the city. For the past five years Meg has been the ULCT's planning consultant, fielding random land use questions from all parts of the state. If you work the phone hard enough, Meg will also spill a bit of Hollywood gossip but not until she's told you about the legalities of conditional uses. In her spare time Meg hikes really steep hills, and then goes back down to the bottom. Contact Meg for: land use questions, Hollywood dirt, and the best restaurants in downtown Boston. mryan@ulct.org

• Lincoln Shurtz

  Lincoln Shurtz, our director of legislative affairs (a euphemism for lobbyist), is proof that good looks, charm and chiseled jowls make all the difference on Utah's Capitol Hill. Hey, when you lobby for an organization that has shallow pockets, you gotta use your own assets. Few other "poor" lobbyists on the hill can win as many as our boy Lincoln does. Lincoln currently--and reluctantly--is the president of his home owners association, but intends to draft legislation that will specifically prohibit him by name from ever serving in that role for the rest of this life. Lincoln has a wife and 2.0 children. Contact Lincoln for: the inside scoop on Utah politics, municipal election law, and personal grooming tips. lshurtz@ulct.org

• Roger Tew

  Roger Tew is our staff tax consultant guy who likes to think that everyone is as fascinated by the nuances of state tax law as he is. And if thinking such makes Roger happy, then let's not let him know that a day in the dentist's chair is usually more fun than a 5-minute discussion on tax policy. Roger has been a player in the Utah tax arena for so many years that realistically some taxes could be named in his honor. But sadly, doing so would no doubt put his personal safety in jeopardy. Roger and his wife live in Centerville in an empty nest. Roger is a huge Jazz fan, and often travels with the team, because at Jazz games he's not so self conscious about his enormous right hand. Contact Roger for: Utah tax law minutiae, and if you want to find if he in fact is related to, or just merely knows everyone, in Cache County. rtew@ulct.org