Torrie Meidell loves growing flowers. Last year she started the local flower subscription service Dream Acre Flower Farm. She delights customers with unique, fresh bouquets and provides bouquets free of charge to local nursing home residents and community members in need of a pick-me-up.

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Torrie grows all of the flowers for her business on the 1/2 acre lot of her home. She dreams of a time where she will have more room to grow beautiful flowers, but for now she makes her dreams happen with the resources she has available.

In 2014, Lindsay launched FilmRaise, an online platform that connects filmmakers, charities, and viewers for social change. FilmRaise partnered with some of the world’s top NGOs including the Nelson Mandela Foundation and The Malala Fund who earn money for every view of the film on their behalf. The platform has been praised as Indiewire and Forbes as “innovative” and “inspiring.”

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Lindsay was selected as a winner in Utah Business magazine’s 2015 ”40 Under 40” awards. Lindsay co-founded the tech start-up, Time Machine. Hadley Impact Consulting worked on the first-ever social impact fund partnered with the Vatican called the Laudato Si Challenge. Lindsay is a founding partner of the LSC and Executively Produced the first-ever Demo Day at the Vatican. Lindsay is also the founding development consultant for United for Global Mental Health.

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Tanner Thompson is an entrepreneur and owner of multiple Utah companies. Over the past decade, he has acquired or founded The Shirt Stop, Swear Studio, Wildcat Fulfillment, and Petal Lane.

Tanner has taken what started out as a small-town print shop and built it into a group of companies that generate 8 figures in yearly revenue. Tanner employs over 80 people that manufacture and design products for some of the nation’s top brands. Tanner lives in Richfield, UT with his wife McKenzie and their 4 kids.

Razz Purcell is the founder and director of Utaiko.  Razz got into music at a young age, his journey has only been ramping up from there.  From music teacher at Crespi Carmelite High School to starting his own Taiko studio in Germany, Razz is bringing his experience and skill to all of Utah.​

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Razz created and hosted 'Taikopalooza' (a taiko community building event that became one of the most popular taiko events in the European taiko community), and was also inspired to bring taiko to his hometown in Manti, Utah with the first Utah Taiko Experience in 2023. 

Since returning to the U.S., he has opened the doors to a new UTAIKO dojo in September 2024, right here in the heart of Sanpete County. ​​

After being raised on a dairy farm in Arizona for 12 years, his family moved their dairy operation to Payson, Utah where he attended middle school, Jr. High, and High school. During these years, he worked on the family dairy,

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​His wife told him all they needed now, to be self-sufficient, was a natural source for sweetener. So, she talked him into starting a bee hive. He found a guy selling some old bee equipment, ordered some bees through the mail, and that’s how he got started. 

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​He had been bitten by the bee bug. By then, he had gone from 2 hives to a couple hundred hives, and decided to go commercial. He now runs 2 to 3 thousand hives and has been running a thriving business producing and selling raw honey and pollinating for farmers, for nearly 20 years.

Scott Barclay is an equal partner and acting CFO of Barclay Mechanical Services of Utah, Inc with over a decade of experience in the industrial construction industry.

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​Scott and his wife Ruth run an investment company called Oracle and Hercules LLC. Where they are angel investors in startups and land development projects helping new entrepreneurs to get their start and coaching advice along the way.

Angela Taylor is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Utah Valley University where she studied behavioral science with an emphasis in family studies. Angela earned her masters in social work from Utah Valley University as well.

Angela has experience working with a diverse population of individuals seeking guidance for their mental health. For the last 2 years she was employed at Central Utah Counseling Center, Sevier County’s mental health agency. And most recently, 1 year ago opened up Clover Clinical, a private practice treating individuals of all ages.

​Even though JoLyn Chappell is at retirement age, she is still actively working and has had a diverse and dynamic career path, meandering to find the proverbial and elusive "passion."  With renovating real estate in her wheel house, she decided to buy a dilapidated department store and restore it. That project became The BLDG 178 in Gunnison, which serves as an event venue and offices for a few professionals like herself.