KEN GARDNER

Ken Gardner has served in many positions in the Democratic Party since starting as a Precinct Chair in 1972. Ken has been a delegate to all County and State Conventions since then. He currently holds the position of Legislative Chair in District 25 in Salt Lake City. He served as the Secretary of the Salt Lake County Democratic Party for ten years from 1990 through 2000. Ken served as co-chair of the State Party's Rules & Elections Standing Committee under State Party Chairs Dave Jones, Mike Zuhl, and Meg Holbrook. He has worked as a lobbyist for organized labor for the past twenty-five years and recently retired as the State Political Director for the Utah AFL-CIO, a position he held for 20 years.

TODD TAYLOR

Todd Taylor served for twelve years as the Executive Director of the Utah State Democratic Party until the end of 2003. At the time, he was the longest continuously serving Democratic State Party Executive Director in the nation. He served five State Party Chairs including Peter Billings, Dave Jones, Mike Zuhl, Meg Holbrook and Donald Dunn. Todd has served in other party positions including as chairman of his county party, political director for the State Party, arrangements chair for the Utah delegation to the last three national party conventions. He was the campaign manager for J. Dell Holbrook for Davis County Commission in 1990. Mr. Holbrook was the first Democrat to win a seat on the Davis County Commission in thirty-eight years. Todd is also a chiropractic physician who became involved in politics through his activities with the Utah Chiropractic Association. He served as President of that association in 1993 and was instrumental in merging the two trade associations that then represented the chiropractic profession in the State of Utah.