Candidate Brent Sumner

Experience

• Resident of Orem for over 58 years
• Graduated from BYU with a BA in Communications
• Publisher of The Orem–Geneva Times for over 30 years
• Employed by The Daily Herald for four years
• Currently the Student Media Coordinator at UVU

Service

• Coached Orem baseball from little league to high school  (12 years)
• Orem Youth Baseball Commissioner (2 years)
• Orem Summerfest Commission (Chair 2006)
• Orem Recreation Commission (Chair 1999)
• Orem Jaycees
• Orem Sertoma
• Orem Kiwanis
• Orem/Provo Chamber member for over 30 years
  • Served on Chamber Board of Directors for over 12 years
  • Outstanding Chamber of Commerce Business Man of the Year
  • Outstanding Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year
• Utah Press Association Board (10 years)
  • President of Utah Press Association (1991)
  • Master newspaper Editor & Publisher of the Year (2003)
• Utah Valley Community College (now UVU) Foundation Board
• Mountain View High School Foundation Board