GENE ENGLAND: 19 FEB. 2009 (Th) 7-9pm

Gene England is President Emeritus of C.R. England Trucking, the largest refrigerated trucking company in the USA. For more than 85 years, experience, integrity and a solid track record have earned C.R. England a reputation as the nation's leading company specializing in temperature-controlled transportation products.

C.R. England's 2007 revenues exceeded $750 million. The company's more than 4,350 employees, drivers and owner-operators take pride in giving the highest quality service, safety and on-time delivery with more than 2,600 trucks and 4,100 trailers.

An industry leader in providing temperature-controlled truckloads, brokerage, intermodal and container service, C.R. England is headquartered in SLC and operates in the 48 contiguous states, Canada and Mexico and maintains terminals in California, Colorado, Texas, New Jersey and South Carolina. The company also operates six driving schools across the country.

Gene will share entrepreneurial insights learned from starting this family-owned company from scratch, cultivating a successful business model, and passing his leadership and profits to future generations. Gene is also a member of the U of U Hall of Fame and is a generous contributor to several nonprofit organizations.

GARY CROCKER: 22 Jan. 2009 (Th) 7-9pm

Gary L. Crocker is President of Crocker Ventures, LLC, a life science private investment firm. He was Utah Entrepreneur of the year in 1999. He is on the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Branch of San Francisco and also serves as a member of the Advisory Board of Sorenson Capital, an LBO private equity fund. He has held senior executive or director level positions in several successful life science firms including service from 1998 to 2003 as Chairman of ARUP Laboratories, as a director of Interleukin Genetics, Inc, and LineaGen Genetics, LLC., and as a co-founder and director of Theratech, Inc. which was acquired in 1999 by Waton Pharmaceuticals. From 1983 to 1997, he was President/CEO and founder of Research Medical, Inc., a publicly traded cardiac device manufacturer acquired by Baxter International in 1997. Prior to Research Medical, Mr. Crocker was Vice President, Business Development and Director of Marketing for the Sorenson Research division of Abbott Laboratories, and an Internal Strategic Analyst for Baxter International. He was recently inducted into the University of Utah Science Hall of Fame, and serves as a director of the University's Research Foundation. Mr. Crocker earned both his MBA and also graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Harvard University.


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