Board of Advisors
& Committees

The Downtown Alliance Advisory Board is made up of 12 at large representatives who represent commercial property interests in the Central Business District bounded by 300 East, North Temple, 400 South and Interstate-15. Six additional ex-officio members represent the Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency, Salt Lake City Mayor, Salt Lake County Mayor, Salt Lake City Council, Visit Salt Lake and Downtown Merchants Association. The Board sets policy objectives and provides oversight for the Downtown Alliance and its affiliated companies and programs. The Board meets monthly. Members also serve on the Salt Lake Chamber Board of Governors. New members are nominated and elected by the existing Board. Members serve two year terms with an unlimited number of possible terms.

Downtown Alliance Board of Advisors

  • Addie McNamara

    Smith Entertainment Group

  • Allison Behjani

    Ray Quinney & Nebeker

  • Amy Leininger

    RUIN

  • Ana Valdemoros

    Argentina’s Best Empanadas

  • Benjamin Brown

    Fidelity Investments
    (Chair)

  • Chloe Gehrke

    Lyonis Property Management
    (Past Chair)

  • Chris Kirk

    Colliers
    (Vice Chair)

  • David Harris

    Taubman/City Creek Center

  • Garrett Parker

    Hilton

  • George Arnold

    Hamilton Partners

  • John Dahlstrom

    Wasatch Commercial Management

  • Kapil Sharma

    Goldman Sachs

  • Kelsey Berg

    LHM Company

  • Mark Powell

    Vivint Arena

  • Michael Dehner

    PRI

  • Nadia Letey

    CBRE

  • Nico Bamberger Priskos

    Internet Properties

  • Tracy James

    Boyer Company

  • Wendy Leonelli

    J Fisher Co.

Ex-officio

  • Carlton Christensen

    Utah Transit Authority

  • Eva Lopez Chaves

    Salt Lake City Council District 4

  • Ezra Bitseedy

    SLPD - Business Liaison

  • Jami Marsh

    JLL Commercial Real Estate

  • Kaitlin Eskelson

    Visit Salt Lake

  • Lorena Riffo-Jenson

    Salt Lake City Economic Development

  • Matthew Castillo

    Salt Lake County Mayor Representative

  • Mayor Erin Mendenhall

    Salt Lake City

  • Mayor Jenny Wilson

    Salt Lake County

  • Nick Tarbet

    City Council Staff

  • Terese Walton

    Gaddis Investments
    (Development Committee Co-Chair)

  • Brian Redd

    SLCPD

  • Jared Bills

    SLC Fire Department

Two women enjoy a concert in downtown Salt Lake.

Downtown Development Committee

The Downtown Development Committee provides a platform for downtown stakeholders interested in developing and implementing economic development strategies and influencing public policy that enhances downtown's economic prosperity and regional competitive advantage. This group advocates for important issues to improve the ability of downtown Salt Lake City to compete for additional investment and for stakeholders to achieve their property and investment goals. Participation in this committee is by invitation.

Co-Chairs: Josh Caldwell, Mortenson Company, and Terese Walton, Gaddis Investments.

To learn more about this committee, please contact Jessica Thesing at jessica@downtownslc.org.

A beautiful lobby of a downtown hotel.

Downtown Merchant Association

The Downtown Merchant Association is a business organization that has been an advocate for downtown business owners for more than 80 years. It is attended by business owners and managers from retail, restaurants, bars, and arts organizations to discuss downtown issues related to business operation, getting updates on upcoming relevant events, and creating new ways to develop the downtown retail core. Meetings are open to any business in the downtown area.

To receive communications or participate in committee meetings, please contact Kristen Lavelett kristen@downtownslc.org.