The Holladay Chamber of Commerce and GolfTEC present the August Monthly Luncheon with guest speaker Larry Krystkowiak, the University of Utah’s new men’s basketball coach.

Where: Cottonwood Country Club (1780 East Lakewood Drive)

When: Tuesday, August 9–Noon-1:15 p.m.

Cost: $15 online (http://holladaychamber.org/luncheon.php) for any chamber member

$20 at the door

$25 for non-chamber members

RSVP to pkinder@holladaychamber.org by Friday, August 5

Larry Krystkowiak was introduced on April 4, 2011, as the new men’s basketball coach at the University of Utah. Krystkowiak (pronounced krist-KOH-vee-ak), who has head coaching experience in the NCAA, CBA and NBA, leaves a position as an assistant coach with the New Jersey Nets to become the 15th head coach in Utah men’s basketball history.

Krystkowiak led Montana to a 42-20 record and two NCAA appearances as the Grizzlies’ head coach from 2004-06 before joining the NBA coaching ranks. Hired as an assistant coach by the Milwaukee Bucks in 2006-07, “Krysko” was elevated to head coach with 17 games remaining in the season. He was retained as the Bucks’ head coach in 2007-08. Among the players he coached was former Ute All-American Andrew Bogut. Krystkowiak’s other head coaching experience was in the CBA as the head coach of the Idaho Stampede in 2003-04.

After a nine-year NBA playing career in six cities, Krystkowiak’s first coaching job was as an assistant coach at the University of Montana from 1998-2000. The Grizzlies were the Big Sky champions in 2000. He went to Old Dominion as an assistant in 2001-02 before signing on as the head coach of the CBA’s Idaho Stampede. In his lone season with the Stampede in 2003-04, he led the team to a 38-14 record and a berth in the CBA Finals.

He spent the next two seasons as the head coach at Montana. The Grizzlies won the Big Sky championship in both 2004-05 and 2005-06, playing in the NCAA First Round in 2005 and advancing to the NCAA Second Round in 2006. The Griz upset fifth-seed Nevada in NCAA first-round action in the Huntsman Center in 2006. It was Montana’s first NCAA tournament win since 1975 and UM finished the season with a 24-7 record. Montana went 18-13 in Krystkowiak’s first season, losing to No. 1 seed Washington in the NCAA First Round.

The only three-time Big Sky MVP in league history and two-time Academic All-American for Montana from 1982-86, Krystkowiak is still the school’s all-time career leader in points (2,017) and rebounds (1,105). He was selected in the second round (28th overall pick) of the 1986 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls and played in the league for nine years with San Antonio (1986-87), Milwaukee (1988-92), Utah (1992-93), Orlando (1993-94), Chicago (1994-96) and the Los Angeles Lakers (1996). Over his NBA career, he averaged 8.1 points and 4.1 rebounds a game with his best season in 1988-89 when he averaged 12.7 points and 7.6 rebounds a game for Milwaukee.

Krystkowiak made the Dean’s List four years at Montana, including in 1996, when he completed the degree he began over a decade earlier in business administration. He graduated with honors with a 3.5 grade point average.

He and his wife Jan have five children, sons Cam, Luc, Ben and twin daughters Samantha and Finley

The Holladay Chamber of Commerce and Cinema Promotion present the June Monthly Luncheon with guest speaker David Williams. David is the Deputy Director of Marketing for the Utah Office of Tourism. He has some great information and slides to share regarding tourism in Utah and what it brings to the state.

Where: Cottonwood Country Club (1780 East Lakewood Drive)

When: Tuesday, June 14–Noon-1 p.m.

Cost: $15 online (http://holladaychamber.org/luncheon.php) for any chamber member

$20 at the door

$25 for non-chamber members

RSVP to pkinder@holladaychamber.org by Friday, June 10

David M. Williams joined the Utah Travel Council (now known as the Utah Office of Tourism) in September of 2003.  He served as Research Coordinator and obtained market research used to make sound marketing decisions.  In 2005, he was responsible for administering the office’s cooperative marketing program and continued administration of the research program.

In October 2007, he was named Deputy Director and manages the office’s marketing efforts and call center, in addition to overseeing the research program.  Prior to working for the State, Dave held a
number of marketing positions including Director of Marketing for The Gallup Organization and Product Manager for Iomega Corporation.  Dave earned his MBA and Bachelor’s degree in marketing
from the University of Utah.  He and his wife, Angie, have four boys and currently reside in Layton.

The Holladay Chamber and Brown Floral present University of Utah Football Coach Kyle Whittingham.

Kyle will speak at the Holladay Chamber’s luncheon on Tuesday, May 10.

Where: Cottonwood Country Club (1780 Lakewood Drive)

When: 12:00-1:00 p.m.

Cost is $15 if paid online at http://holladaychamber.org/luncheon.php

$20 at the door (chamber members) and $25 for non-chamber members

RSVP to pkinder@holladaychamber.org by Friday, May 6.

Year at Utah: 7th
Career Record: 58-20
Bowl Record: 6-1*
*Includes 2005 Fiesta Bowl

Joining the Pac-12 Conference is the latest challenge for Utah’s seventh-year head football coach Kyle Whittingham, and if history holds true, he will approach it as yet another opportunity. His first test came when he accepted the head job at Utah on the heels of the best season in school history. He passed that in flying colors by leading Utah to new heights in 2008, when the Utes went 13-0 and won the Sugar Bowl.

A member of Utah’s staff since 1994, Whittingham has compiled a 58-20 record in six years as the head coach and has a 6-1 bowl record. His 2-0 record in BCS bowl games includes a win as co-head coach of Utah’s Fiesta Bowl team in 2004 (as recognized by the NCAA).

Whittingham already owns half of the 10-win seasons in the school’s 117-year football history (3), is 12-5 against BCS schools and 4-3 against the Pac-12. Utah has won at least 10 games and finished in the A.P. and/or Coaches’ Top 25 for the past three seasons.

His immediate task upon accepting the head coaching job was to replace most of the starting lineup, including five NFL draft picks, from the 12-0 “BCS Buster” team of 2004. He won a bowl game in 2005–the first of five-straight bowl victories–and built the Utes back into a national championship contender in his fourth season.

His 2008 team broke the school win mark, going 13-0, routing Alabama–a team that had spent five weeks at No. 1–in the Sugar Bowl, and finishing with a No. 2 national ranking. Whittingham was recognized as the National Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and the Paul “Bear” Bryant Awards committee.

The country’s only undefeated FBS team in 2008, Utah beat four top-25 teams–two that finished in the top 10. In addition to his national awards, Whittingham was named the Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year.

The Holladay Chamber of Commerce and Pyxis Executive Suites present

Jonathan E. Johnson, III– President of Overstock.com

Mr. Johnson will speak at the chamber’s monthly luncheon on

Tuesday, April 12

Noon-1 p.m.

Cottonwood Country Club (1780 East Lakewood Drive)

$15 if paying online/$20 if paying at the door (checks and cash only)

Prior to joining Overstock.com, Jonathan was with TenFold Corporation in various positions, including General Counsel, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before that, Jonathan practiced law in the Los Angeles offices of the New York-based law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and the San Francisco-based law firm of Graham & James. His practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, international transactions and general corporate work. Jonathan was a judicial clerk at the Utah Court of Appeals and the Utah Supreme Court for Justice Leonard H. Russon.

Jonathan received a bachelor’s degree in Japanese from Brigham Young University, studied for a year at Osaka University of Foreign Studies in Japan, and received his law degree from the J. Reuben Clark, Jr. Law School at Brigham Young University.

The Holladay Chamber of Commerce and Fitness Together

welcome author and columnist Ann Cannon

to the monthly luncheon on Tuesday, March 8 from Noon-1 p.m. at the Cottonwood Country Club (1780 East Lakewood Drive).

Register for the luncheon at www.holladaychamber.org and pay only $15 online. Pay at the door for $20 for members/$25 for non-members.

RSVP by March 4 to pkinder@holladaychamber.org.

Ann Edwards (“A. E.”) Cannon writes books for young readers, as well as a weekly column for the Salt Lake Tribune.  She also teaches creative writing and works as a bookseller at the famous King’s English Bookshop in Salt Lake City. She and her husband, Ken, have five (count ‘em) sons, two daughters-in-law, no grandchildren (not yet, anyway) two parakeets, one parrot, two cats, and two dogs. One of the dogs weighs (no kidding) 160 pounds.

The Holladay Chamber invites you to a luncheon on Tuesday, Feb. 8 at noon where you can get some great information for your business.

Sponsored by Jakob Marketing Patners, the lunch will feature The Buzz Boosters, Shahar and Nashlah Boyayan,

who will talk about how to become an irresistible business in your market and give you some cool ways to use social media.

Location: Cottonwood Country Club (1780 East Lakewood Drive)

Time: 12-1 p.m.

RSVP: pkinder@holladaychamber.org by Feb. 4

$20 for chamber members/$25 for non-chamber members

Pay at the door with cash or check, or pay online at www.holladaychamber.org.

Shahar and Nashlah Boyayan are the founders of Buzz Booster, a mother-daughter operated small business marketing company and social media agency that specializes in modern marketing strategies for small business owners.

We arrived in Salt Lake City with two bags and a teddy bear. Let’s just say that life was not easy those days. It took several months before we were able to get our first client. We had prior experience online, a degree in Ecommerce and a successful online business in Brazil, but this was not enough to get things going. Even after we acquired some clients, things were moving a little slow at that time so we focused on learning more about social media and started our first podcast called Buzz and Biz. Two months later, we had 3 sponsors for the show. That gave us some free time to go back online and do what we knew best.

A year later we launched the Internet Marketing Board Game with the help of Russel Brunson and after that, things got a lot easier.

After that we designed, launched, and managed a number of very successful Internet projects. Today we live a very confortable life and focus on mentoring  professional speakers, coaches, and small  businesses how to create a strong strategy online and speaking at events and conferences.

In 2007 we broke an attendance record for paid events in the area when we deliver the Turning Knowledge into Products event.

We are passionate about empowering small business owners. Internet marketing, social media marketing allows us to empower people.

When we are not working we watch movies, play geocaching or spend time with our dog Apple and our cat Banana. We like to invest our time traveling and learning too.

We’ve been featured in several midia outlets like Utah Business Magazine, Information marketing association journal, Wasatch woman and many more.

Shahar is a 3 times nominee for the SpringWise Award and was nominated for Women in Tech Award 2010.

Join the Holladay Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, Jan. 11 as we welcome former Utah Governor Olene Walker to our monthly luncheon. Walker will address the chamber at the Cottonwood Country Club (1780 Lakewood Drive) with lunch beginning at noon.

Please RSVP to Peri Kinder at pkinder@holladaychamber.org by Friday, Jan. 7. You can pay for the lunch online at www.holladaychamber.org or pay at the door. $20 for chamber members/$25 for non-chamber members.

See you there!

Olene Smith Walker (b. November 15, 1930, Ogden, Utah) was Utah‘s 15th Governor. She was sworn into office on November 5, 2003, shortly before her 73rd birthday, as Utah’s first, and, to date, only female governor. She is a member of the Republican Party.

Walker’s political background includes eight years in the state legislature including a term as Majority Whip. She served as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Utah for the 10 years prior to becoming governor. She founded the Salt Lake Education Foundation and served as its director. She served as director of the Utah Division of Community Development. She has chaired the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, the Utah State Housing Coordinating Committee, the Governor’s Commission on Child Care, and the National Conference of Lieutenant Governors.

She assumed the office of Governor of the State of Utah after former governor Mike Leavitt was nominated by President George W. Bush to lead the Environmental Protection Agency in 2003. Walker served as governor until the end of Leavitt’s term on January 3, 2005.

Shortly after becoming governor, she selected former State Representative Gayle McKeachnie to be her lieutenant governor. Olene Walker was the first female governor to be sworn in by a female Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court, Christine M. Durham.

In a move that caused a degree of controversy within the state, the Utah Republican Party at its convention on May 8, 2004 elected not to place Walker on the ballot for the party primary (held on June 22, 2004), selecting instead Jon Huntsman, Jr. and Nolan Karras as the two potential Republican party candidates for the office of Governor of the State of Utah.

Huntsman went on to win the primary election with a great plurality of the vote. These events effectively ruled out any possibility of Walker being on the ballot in the 2004 general election. Convention delegates defended their choice by claiming that many of the delegates were already pledged to other candidates, because Walker had served only six months as Governor before the party convention.

This year, the Holladay Chamber will celebrate its Christmas luncheon on Tuesday, Dec. 14 at:

Gepetto’s Pizza

2340 East Murray Holladay Road from 12-1:30 p.m.

A pizza buffet will begin at Noon with dessert provided by Bill Leslie from Leslie’s French Pastries.

Phillip “Big Dog” Jones, author of The Worlds of the Crystal Moon series will be speaking.

Cost is $20 for chamber members/$25 for non-chamber members

And now you can pay online!!! Just visit www.holladaychamber.org and sign up!

At the luncheon, chamber members are asked to donate an item for the Road Home. For each item donated, you will be entered into a drawing for some fabulous prizes!

The Road Home meets the needs of hundreds of residents during the winter months and are asking for:

• Warm hats
• Socks (especially men’s sizes)
• Gloves/Mittens
• Diapers
• Blankets

Additionally, the Holladay Youth Council is collecting these items during the month of December.

Don’t be a Scrooge! Join us for the holidays!

 Join the Holladay Chamber of Commerce in welcoming pollster Dan Jones at our luncheon on Tuesday, Nov. 9!      Dan will talk to the chamber about the election results and what it means for the political landscape of the state. Be sure to come!

Lunch begins at NOON at the Cottonwood Country Club (1780 Lakewood Drive).

$20 for chamber members/$25 for non-chamber members

RSVP by November 5 to pkinder@holladaychamber.org

For more than 50 years, Dr. Dan Jones has played a prominent role in Utah politics as a teacher, pollster, mentor, and political guru.

Dan has an astute understanding of county and local government issues and policies and provides keen insight in questionnaire development.

Dan received his B.A. in Political Science from Idaho State College, and then received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Political Science from the University of Utah. Dan is currently a professor of Political Science at The University of Utah.

Tuesday, Oct. 12 at the Cottonwood Country Club, Holladay Chamber members are invited to attend a Meet the Candidate event during the chamber’s monthly luncheon.

PLUS, it’s a 2 for $30 deal! Bring a non-Chamber friend and you both get in for $30.

Cottonwood Country Club

1780 Lakewood Drive

12-1:30 p.m.

Cash or checks only.

RSVP by October 8 to pkinder@holladaychamber.org