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Show January 13, 1999 ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce Mpnthty Newsletter Page 19 The P&cesetters, a committee of the ProvoOrem Chamber of Commerce, has completed the election process for new officers to serve during 1999. Scott Johnson, a loan officer for Orem Community Bank and former Pacesetter secretary, was pWted Pacesetter president. Usually the Pacesetter vice-president vice-president serves as presidentelect, president-elect, but because that slot was vacant elections had to occur. Johnson is responsible for conducting the bi-weekly meetings, meet-ings, giving support to the Pacesetter members, informing members when they are on probation pro-bation or need to resign from the group. He also had the authority author-ity to appoint other officers within the group with the ap proval of the majority of Pacesetters present at the meeting. meet-ing. Myrna Robertson, an account executive with Bonneville Billing Bill-ing and Collection, Inc., was elected to be the 1999 Pacesetter vice-president. Robertson has served on the Pacesetters since the organization began. Robertson will act as president during the president's absence. Sheena Brown, director of marketing and member services at Family First Federal Credit Union, will serve as the secretary secre-tary for the Pacesetters. While Brown has served as a Pacesetter for less than a year, she is very supportive of the meetings and grand openings. Brown's duties as secretary include: recording attendance at events, explaining the by-laws to new candidates, inviting new : is TVio iqqq Pnoostfpr PrefiiHenmr include: Sheena Brown, secretary: Scott Johnson, president; Myrna Robertson, vice-president and Mike Hansen, meal coordinator. mpmheni to events and intro- ing the location and making res- arm of the ProvoUrem Chamber. ervations for all Pacesetter lunch meetings. There are approximately 30 members of the Pacesetters. They serve as the welcoming ducing them at their first Pacesetter meeting. Mike Hansen, of Radio Mall, was appointed meal coordinator. He wUl be responsible for decid- They assist with and support grand openings, ribbon cuttings, ground breakings and open houses. Paiesefffer spotlight continued from foonl page said. The marketing director had high praise for the community support of UVSC. "In July of 1997, we concluded a three-year capital campaign. The goal was i Aft 1 1 1 5 A. 1 10 raise million in inree years. Almost $32 million was raised. This was when the interest inter-est in the campus was exploding," explod-ing," Carson stated. UVSC had just become a state college, but the community support has remained re-mained high. "It's a great place to be, really," she said. Carson's involvement with the Pacesetters has been a "way to get out in the community and to get UVSC's story out," she said. Contacts have led to the establishment estab-lishment of partnerships, internships, intern-ships, and sponsorships with businesses. She often asks those she meets how many students they believe are enrolled at the college, and people "fall off their chairs" when they find out the number is at the 18,000 level. Carson served as president of the Pacesetters during 1998, stepping step-ping down this past December as vice president-elect Scott Johnson of Orem Community Bank took the helm. January marks two years for Carson in her UVSC position, and in May, she will also have been with the Pacesetters for two years, an association as-sociation she plans to continue. "I have been amazed at the quality of businesses attracted to this area," Carson said. She observed ob-served that it has been fun and interesting to become acquainted with those who have come to Utah Valley to live, work, and raise their families. Carson is originally from Salt Lake. She graduated from Cyprus High School and attended Southern Utah University on a music scholarship, playing the bass and cello. She also played the electric bass guitar in the jazz band, and performed with other musical groups. She ended up being a studentbody officer and majoring in communications with an emphasis in broadcast journalism, graduating in 1985. She now serves on an SUU. alumni board. An extensive work history has seen Carson employed as the national na-tional marketing director for a real estate company headquartered headquar-tered in Salt Lake; as a convention conven-tion and meeting planner for a company in Idaho; and as a marketing mar-keting representative and assistant assis-tant to the general manager of a television station in Hawaii. Carson met her husband, Garret, Gar-ret, in Hawaii, where he was an officer in the Coast Guard. They are the parents of a 22-month- old son, Silas. Garret is a finish carpenter, and the C arsons recently re-cently bought a 95-year-old home in Lehi which they are restoring. "I can't imagine a greater cause than higher education," Carson said. She enjoys working in development and helping to acquire ac-quire funds for those who would not be able to obtain an education educa-tion in any other way. She reflected re-flected on one recent success story a once-destitute single mother who received a presiden tial scholarship, graduated from UVSC, finished law school, and passed the bar exam. All because ofthe "generous, generous people who live in this community commu-nity and who give to this institution," insti-tution," Carson said. "It's a great place to be; I love it here. Some jobs would be easy to leave, but not this one." 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