Susie joined the Salt Lake League in 2024 and has served as the Community Events Chair in Voter Services for the past year. In that time, she has expanded our reach, improved our volunteer communication and training and created connections to new partner organizations throughout the valley. She also serves on the State of the Community Luncheon committee. Susie is a professional based in West Valley City, Utah, with extensive experience in education and youth development. She currently works with the Utah State Board of Education as a School Improvement Programs and Special Education Parent Engagement Specialist. Her background includes roles in early childhood education, gang prevention and intervention, curriculum development and policy advocacy. She has received recognition for her leadership, including the NAA 2020 Next Generation of Leaders award.

Deborah Dilley has over 20 years of experience in non-profit program development and financial management, and has worked as a consultant with a variety of small local non-profits to streamline their services and increase their fundraising capacity. As a community educator, Deborah has advocated for marginalized communities by providing trauma-informed training and technical assistance to individuals, organizations and agencies who provide services for the disability community and for survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

Originally from Texas, Deborah has lived in Utah for over 35 years.  She is an avid reader, and has accepted that her bookshelves will always be more intelligent than her because she has such a large want-to-read pile. She spends her free time traveling and having silly adventures with her loved ones.

Charlene joined the Salt Lake League when she retired in 2017 so she could use her energy and planning, organizing and leadership skills to help make a difference in things that are important to her: voter education, voter registration, voting rights, gerrymandering and individual liberties. Since then, she has volunteered extensively on the General Meetings, Membership and Naturalization Ceremonies. She created the Candidate Forum Toolbox for Voter Services. Charlene graduated from the University of Utah with a BA in Psychology and an MBA focusing on Human Resources (HR) Administration. For over 35 years she worked in organizations as an HR Manager, Director and Vice President. Her work primarily focused on employment law compliance, organization development and communication, and employee/management training and development.

Kathy joined the League in 2024 and quickly became part of the communications team, helping produce the Weekly Briefing.

She was drawn to the League because of its nonpartisan work to promote fair elections, combat gerrymandering and hold elected officials accountable.

A lifelong Utah resident, Kathy earned a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from the University of Utah. She spent nearly 40 years as a newspaper reporter, covering a wide range of subjects, including local government, public and higher education, food and dining, and figure skating in advance of the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Brittany joined the Salt Lake League in 2023, shortly after moving to Utah. Thanks to a lifelong love for public policy and an undergraduate in Marketing Management and Political Science, she is passionate about engaging and teaming with local women to solve the state’s biggest problems. She is a technical writer at my529, a Mom of two girls (11 & 9), and enjoys all the outdoor adventures this beautiful region offers. She serves as a co-lead for Civic Engagement and Political Representation at A Bolder Way Forward and was a founding leader of the Utah Governerds group. Her volunteer efforts include tutoring for Women of the World and the Salt Lake City School District, in addition to citizen lobbying with Grow the Flow and HEAL Utah. She also loves reading.

I’ve been involved with the League of Women Voters in Utah and Salt Lake since the early 2010s, serving in roles ranging from Membership to Treasurer, Director of Organization, and eventually President. These days I serve as Chair of the Nominating Committee, helping where I’m most useful and enjoying the calmer view from an emeritus perch.

My background includes service in the Army, the Fire Department, and a career as an Air Traffic Controller. I’ve also stayed active in animal welfare and global issues, including foreign relations. After all these adventures, I’ve learned that staying informed and actually voting is one of the simplest ways to keep things running a little more sensibly.

Shauna joined LWVSL in 2019 to help register, inform and inspire voters across the political spectrum. She currently chairs the LWVSL Nominating Committee and has previously served LWVSL as president and president-elect, as chair of the County and Local Government Committee (also known as the Observer Corps) and as leader of the Night Owls Unit. Her other past volunteer service includes the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area, the Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault, the Girl Scouts of Utah and Inspiration Hospice.