Staff & Board of Directors

Richard Steiner

Board Member

Rick Steiner spent 35 years at the university of Utah as Associate Chair of the chemistry department and Associate Dean of the graduate school (3 years), was the Founder and first Director of the undergrad research program and he started a training program for international teaching assistants.
 
He has been backcountry skiing, mountain biking and hiking in the Wasatch and mountain west for 35 years. He was a member of a 4-person team of backcountry skiers that met with Wasatch powderbirds (Ralph Becker as mediator) to try to resolve conflict in the winter backcountry.
 
He also was a member of a group trying to negotiate with canyons concerning the placement of the 9990 lift. He was awarded the Alexis Kelner Environmental Award by the Wasatch Mountain Club for his many efforts advocating smart recreational use of the tricanyons. He lobbied Mendenhall and the City Council to get the trail system plan going.