Utah Governor Gary Herbert welcomed the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. His Excellency Sergey Kislyak. This mid-November event was the first official visit of the Russian Ambassador to Utah since 1995, facilitated by the Associate VP of Utah Valley University, Honorary Consul General of the Russian Federation Dr. Rusty Butler. H.E. Sergey Kislyak had a very comprehensive [...]
By Aaron Neuenschwander, Governor’s Office of Economic Development His Excellency Duk-Soo Han, Ambassador to the United States for the Republic of Korea, visited Utah on Wednesday as part of a speaking circuit sponsored by the Korea Economic Institute. During his trip, he attended a round-table at Brigham Young University where over a 100 students were [...]
His Excellency Elkanah Odembo, Ambassador to the U.S. for the Republic of Kenya received a warm welcome by Utah business owners and non-profit associations during a recent luncheon at the Salt Lake Chamber. Ambassador Odembo was invited by Ron Hatfield, President of In Our Own Quiet Way, and the luncheon was sponsored by GPS Capital [...]
Her Excellency Kanika Phommachanh, Ambassador to the U.N. for Lao People’s Democratic Republic was warmly welcomed by representatives from the World Trade Center Utah, Governor’s Office of Economic Development and the Salt Lake Chamber as a guest of Vice-President Rusty Butler, Utah Valley University. Ambassador Phommachanh noted several similarities between her country of Laos and [...]
On his first visit to Utah, His Excellency Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira, Ambassador to the U.S. for Brazil, was both impressed with Utah’s natural beauty and enthusiastic Brazilian community. At a very well attended luncheon hosted by the World Trade Center Utah, the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and held at the Salt Lake Chamber, [...]







