Richard Davis 

Chair 

I’m Richard Davis and I’m a political science professor at Brigham Young University. I teach courses on political parties, campaigns and elections, media and politics, and film and politics. I’ve been involved with the state and county party in several capacities: county Executive Committee – 2004-2006, chair of the county Recruitment Committee – 2005-2006, chair of the county Voter Registration and Get Out the Vote committee -2004), member of the State Party Platform Committee – 2005-2006, and member of a liaison committee between the state party and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2005- ). My wife, Molina, and I have five children and four grandchildren.

Larry Brown 

Vice-Chair 

Larry Brown is chairman of the Ten Year Strategic Plan Committee for the Utah County Democratic Party. He's been active in local government, serving as a city council member and planning commissioner in Alpine. He chaired the North Utah County Recreation Task Force in 2005-2006 and currently is chairman of Alpine's recreation committee. Larry is a senior program manager at Cisco Systems and author of the book, Get VOCAL! Growing Profits Through Customer-Supplier Relationships, published by Cisco Press, September, 2006. He is a Vietnam War veteran naval officer and retired from the US Naval Reserve as a Commander. Larry teaches Sunday school in the Alpine Fourth Ward of the LDS Church. He and his wife Tammy have four daughters and four grandchildren.

Deon Turley

Secretary 

Deon Turley is a Provo wife and mother of seven children. She was raised in Ogden and graduated from BYU with a Bachelors degree in Mathematics. She is married to Steve Turley, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at BYU.

Deon has been an active volunteer in many organizations, mostly dealing with children and education.  She currently serves as secretary to the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, which is a non-profit organization serving colleges and universities in Utah.  She has been an active leader in PTA, most recently as the 2007-2008 president of the Provo Council PTA serving all the local PTA units in Provo City.

Vaughn R Cook

Treasurer 

Vaughn R Cook is a native of Utah, born in Logan, and a graduate from USU.  He holds a doctors degree in Oriental Medicine and has practiced in Utah.  He is currently the President of ZYTO Corp, a software company located in Orem.  He is a past chair of the Utah County Democratic Party and believes firmly in the need for greater political balance.
 
As the husband of Kathryn Cook, he shares the same children and grandchildren and passion for life.

Don Jarvis

Executive Director

Don Jarvis is an emeritus professor at BYU and a consultant at UVU.  He founded and directed the Faculty Center at BYU and served as chair of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages.  In the 1990s, he was called to be a mission president for the LDS Church in Russia.  He and his wife, Janelle, are the parents of six children.