GOP gubernatorial candidate Richard Eyre has opened his Salt Lake headquarters - located in the old Rick Warner showroom on 600 South - and announced a group of business executives who will work on economic development for Utah and support his candidacy.
Among those on the National Economic Development Board and Eyre for Governor, are Nolan Archibald, chairman and CEO of Black & Decker; Anthony Burns, chairman and CEO of Ryder Systems; Gordon Bowen, chief creative officer of McCann Erickson; Rhodes Boyson, British member of Parliament and former cabinet member; Dave Checketts, president of the New York Knicks NBA team; Stephen R. Covey, president of Covey Leadership Group; Richard Headlee, president and CEO of Alexander Hamilton Insurance Co.; Raymond Noorda, president and CEO of Novell Corp.; Ronald Rasband, president of Huntsman Chemical Corp.; George Romney, past president of American Motors; Donald Staheli, president and CEO of Continental Grain Co.; and Mark Willes, president and CEO of General Mills.Many of those men will attend a March 30 "gala dinner" and business roundtable discussion on economic development opportunities in Utah. Donations at the fund-raising dinner run from $5,000 per table down to $125 per person. Those prices keep Eyre within a previous pledge to not accept donations more than $5,000 from any one business or more than $500 ($1,000 per couple) from any individual.