{"id":17,"date":"2022-09-08T15:15:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T15:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cupachapt.dsbeta.com\/ut\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-08-06T22:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T22:23:14","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chapters.cupahr.org\/ut\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-17\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-17-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_cupa-content-block panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-cupa-content-block so-widget-cupa-content-block-default-d75171398898-17\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"chapt-content-block\">\n    <div class=\"chapt-cb-inner\">\n        <div style=\"max-width:1100px;margin:0 auto;padding:36px 20px 20px;background:#ffffff;color:#3F4D5A;font-family:inherit\">\n\n  <div style=\"padding:30px;background:#F0F8FD;border-left:7px solid 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                           <h3>Past-President<\/h3>\n                        \n                        <p><strong>Senior Director \u2013 People and Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n                        <p>Utah Valley University<br>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"chap-bg-member\">\n                                            <div class=\"chap-bg-photo\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/chapters.cupahr.org\/ut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/07\/Jessica-UVU-Headshot-1.jpg');\">\n\n                        <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"chap-bg-m-inner\">\n                        <h4>Jessica Hansen<\/h4>\n                                                    <h3>Secretary<\/h3>\n                        \n                        <p><strong>Employee Relations Partner<\/strong><\/p>\n\n                        <p>Utah Valley University<br>\n                    <\/div>\n                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