Meet Carol Bekker, Records Manager for the Thomas Edison Charter School. Carol has been managing the school’s records for 13 years. Carol enjoys having everything organized. She ensures retention guidelines are followed and regularly re-appraises records as they come up for destruction. Currently, Carol is working with her team to develop policies regarding records management and retention. She says “This has …
Spotlight on Sara Danielson, Labor Commission Records Officer
Meet Sara Danielson, Records Manager for the Utah Labor Commission. Sara handles all the Commission’s GRAMA requests, and assists each Commission division with records management. Sara has been a records officer for 20 years! Congratulations, Sara! Successes and Challenges Sara’s favorite part of the job is when she is able to locate old records for constituents. We all know …
Spotlight on Tonya Smith, Utah State Hospital Records Officer
This month’s spotlight features Tonya Smith, the Medical Records Department Manager, Privacy Officer, and Records Officer for the Utah State Hospital, an inpatient psychiatric facility in Provo administered by the Department of Human Services. Tonya manages both paper and electronic patient medical records, as well as agency administrative documents. Tonya has been in this position for 17 of her 32 years working …
Spotlight on: Carol Miller, DCFS Program Support Specialist
This month’s spotlight is on Carol Miller, who works for the state of Utah in the Department of Human Services. Carol has a huge job but is always on top of it! I’ll let Carol explain more, in her own words: I work for the Division of Child and Family Services as a program support specialist. I’ve been working …
Spotlight On: Linda Bright
Linda Bright is a GRAMA specialist for the Northern Region of the Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS). She has been working on GRAMA requests for the last 9 years and has been employed with DCFS for 25 years. On average, she completes as many as 60 GRAMA requests and responses per month. As part of her work in …
Spotlight On: Alison Merchant
This month we are spotlighting Alison Merchant, a receptionist and records officer at Sevier School District. Alison has been a record officer for three years, in addition to her full-time job. She works on records management whenever she can. The most challenging part of her job is finding records for Downwinder claims. If an individual graduated from high school, there …
Spotlight On: Rosanne Ricks, Human Resource Director
“Collaboration is the only way to accomplish a project like this.”
Spotlight On: Zane Woolstenhulme
Zane Woolstenhulme is the Business Administrator for the Ogden City School District. In his position he responds to GRAMA and HIPAA requests. Zane has been a records officer for 29 years. He served in South Summit School District and Logan School District before working for Ogden School District. Among the statutory responsibilities of the business administrator is the responsibility to have …
Spotlight On: Anna Owen, DHS
Anna Owen is a Program Specialist for the Department of Human Services, Division of Services for People with Disabilities (DSPD), though she is often referred to as the Records Compliance Officer. In her position she responds to GRAMA and HIPAA requests, as well as maintains the electronic records within the Division’s system, which can include both electronic and paper records management. …
Spotlight On: CJ Prisbrey, Salt Lake City Police Department Information Specialist Supervisor
This month’s spotlight is a little different. We would like to honor a records officer who is retiring this week. CJ Prisbrey began working with the Salt Lake City Police Department in 1974 and has held a variety of different roles since that time. As a dispatcher in 1990 her quick thinking and calm demeanor were highlighted on the popular show Rescue 911. …