Join us back in person for a wonderful opportunity to network with colleagues and have your economy-related questions answered during the audience-led Q&A session.
Natalie Gochnour enjoys a front-row seat to major policy making in the state of Utah. As a trained economist she watches closely major macroeconomic indicators and works closely with Utah decision-makers in business and government to keep them informed. Whether it’s big national issues like a potential recession, inflation, labor shortages, supply chain woes, lackluster consumer sentiment, economic disparities, and social unrest, or issues closer to home like record drought, homelessness, housing affordability, the inland port, or the Point of the Mountain…Natalie will add economic clarity during an uncertain economic time.
Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute
Director
Natalie Gochnour serves as an associate dean at the University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business and director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. She also serves as chief economist for the Salt Lake Chamber. During her years of public service, Gochnour advised Utah governors Norm Bangerter, Mike Leavitt, and Olene Walker. She also served as a political appointee in the George W. Bus…
Natalie Gochnour serves as an associate dean at the University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business and director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. She also serves as chief economist for the Salt Lake Chamber. During her years of public service, Gochnour advised Utah governors Norm Bangerter, Mike Leavitt, and Olene Walker. She also served as a political appointee in the George W. Bush administration with senior roles at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Health and Human Services. Gochnour is a sought-after public speaker with the unique ability to translate policy-speak into everyday language. A native Utahn, her professional focus and passion are public policies that promote civil society and a prosperous future. She shares her views as a contributor to the Deseret News and on the weekly public radio program Both Sides of the Aisle.
