Youthlinc Board
The Youthlinc Governing Board is an integral part of our effective operation as a non-profit organization serving our community, meeting our mission of creating lifetime humanitarians, with a deep responsibility to our donors.
Board President
LeeAnn Meads
LeeAnn was born in Moscow, Idaho but raised in the East Millcreek area. She graduated from the University of Utah College of Nursing and has worked at what is now Salt Lake Regional, U of U Medical Center, Primary Children’s, and Joint Commission. LeeAnn helped her husband, Garner, an ENT, run a clinic in Tooele for the first seven years of his practice.
LeeAnn and Garner are the parents of six children and now have 13 grandchildren. All but one of the families lives in the Wasatch front area. They enjoy going to as many of their performances and sporting events as possible. They also enjoy one on one time when they get to visit other family in Michigan.
LeeAnn has worked in various church leadership positions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She has volunteered at the Institute of Religion at the U of U, Family History Center and with the Young Women’s Resource Room.
LeeAnn has been a mentor on two Youthlinc Service Year trips. Her first was to Cambodia. Her daughter, Rebekah, invited her to join her when she was asked to be the Assistant Team Leader (ATL) under Paul and Kim Stringham. Her second trip was to Madagascar where she did amazing projects developing a sewing co-op and establishing partnership there. With all her family’s involvement, she has come to appreciate Youthlinc, the many awesome youth, and all the different programs improving the lives of individuals in Utah and around the world.
Vice President
Tami Ostmark
Tami Ostmark is the Vice President of Marketing & Design/Owner at Hamlet Homes. She has been known as the company therapist, party planner, problem solver, creator of all things equal, prize junkie, gift giver, collaborator, leader, and marketing specialist over the years. And while some may think she is the life of the party at the office or at work or business functions, her most favorite place to be is at home with her family. Her daughter, Taylor and son, Cameron have been the highlight of her and her husband’s, Cory, lives and they have spent the better part of their marriage at either dance or baseball. And while they still plan to spend a lot of time with their kids (adult kids now), they are also excited about being empty nesters!
While home might be her favorite place to land, traveling is where her heart is. She has traveled and worked all over the world, and after dozens of stamps in her passport later, she plans to spend the 2nd half of life exploring even more. She believes every moment is creating a life experience and she loves to create experiences for people. She is at her best when creating special experiences for those she works with, and especially her family.
Tami believes in the power of her network, staying connected and having a voice in the areas she knows she can have impact and make a difference. She is proud of all the accomplishments in her work life and knows that each of them has made her a better person, a better leader, and led her straight to where she is today.
TREASURER
Derek Drysdale
Derek is an international tax partner with Tanner LLC in Utah. As the head of Tanner’s international tax practice, Derek and his team advise companies on the tax implications of their global operations. Before joining Tanner LLC, Derek held positions in international tax with PwC in Atlanta, Georgia as well as international tax director for a Silicon Valley based fortune 500 company. He is a frequent speaker on international tax matters and has been a presenter at conferences throughout the U.S. and globally. Derek received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting (tax emphasis) from Brigham Young University.
Derek has spent many years in volunteer leadership positions with the Boy Scouts of America and coaching his kid’s soccer teams. Derek’s passion for international outreach and interest in helping young people gain important life skills and compassion for others align very well with Youthlinc’s mission. Derek loves anything outdoors and can be found in the mountains either skiing or snowshoeing in the winter, and biking or hiking in the summer. Derek and his wife have five children and reside in Millcreek, Utah.
Financial Chair
Scott Anderson
Scott Anderson — a Senior Vice President for Merrick Bank Corporation in South Jordan, Utah — manages a nationwide consumer lending division for the bank, specializing in the recreational boating, RV and horse trailer markets. Prior to joining Merrick in 2004, Scott worked at American Investment Bank in business development and managed U.S. Bank’s Main Street branch in downtown Salt Lake City. An alumni of the University of Utah, Scott earned a degree in Business Marketing and has worked in financial services for 25 years.
Scott loves teaching and helping youth. Because he sees the incredible value of the Youthlinc organization and the positive impact it is making in the lives of refugee and immigrant youth, Scott has volunteered with the organization for the past three years, teaching financial literacy in school in Salt Lake County. He has also volunteered with Junior Achievement of Utah, teaching courses for the last 16 years in Title 1 schools.
Outside of work, Scott loves to spend time with his family, friends and church group. He enjoys traveling, being outdoors, playing games, watching Utah football and catching a major league baseball game. Scott and his wife, Lisa — who live in Salt Lake County — recently celebrated 25 years of marriage and are the parents of three children.
Secretary
Jackie Hibbard
Jackie was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah but lived in North Carolina and Colorado before coming back home to Utah to be with her parents in their final years. She graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Business Finance in 1988. She worked in banking and investments at Charles Schwab & Co. and Zions Investments Inc. for many years before becoming a community activist and volunteer.
Jackie’s motto is “Do all the good you can for as long as you ever can.” She discovered Youthlinc by chance when her oldest daughter was a sophomore in high school. They both went to Nepal in 2015 and she was hooked for life. This trip changed her to her core and changed her life’s mission. Since then, she has gone to Madagascar in 2017 and back to Nepal in 2019 and is on the current Cambodia 2021 team. She also went to Bolivia in 2018. She loves mentoring young adults and helping wherever she can. She is also an Ambassador for Women’s Health with Days for Girls International and enjoys doing distributions of women’s health hygiene kits.
Jackie has served in the community in many capacities. She is currently Chairperson for the Church Council and a Certified Lay Leader at Christ United Methodist Church where she also chaired all mission and outreach work at the church. She is also a Precinct Leader for the Cottonwood Heights City Emergency Preparedness Program. She helped start the program in her area back in 2012.
Jackie has served on a variety of boards, including Old Mill Estates Home Owners Association Board 2011 thru present; Secretary for Utah Swim and Dive League, Ladies Association of the Cottonwood Country Club where she served as President; Secretary and Treasurer for the Junior League of Colorado Springs; and Co-Chair of the swim team at the Cottonwood Club among many others.
Jackie brings passion and commitment into anything she undertakes. She is a valued administrator. Helping others is her life’s mission.
Stephanie Black
Stephanie Black is recognized for assessing business opportunities, identifying viable solutions to business challenges, and developing new domestic and international markets. She is interested in serving on the board for a technical business that would leverage her experience in energy technology and engineering. She has a history of helping employees and stakeholders manage competing priorities and work together to exceed goals
At Headwaters, Stephanie built a $22 million business in six years and led the team selling the company during an ownership change to the North American division of Axens, a French company providing technologies, catalysts, and services worldwide. She developed the business strategy needed to expand into new markets in Europe, identified target customers, and built the business relationships needed to close major sales. Also, she worked closely with legal and environmental experts to protect the company’s interests while developing creative solutions to the international challenges from business growth. As a division president, Stephanie reported directly to the CEO of a $1 billion NYSE company and worked closely with the CEO and key board members to determine company goals and business strategy. After managing the company sale, she has been consulting and traveling.
Earlier in her career, she worked as a strategic account manager at Pacificorp, a major electric utility company in the western United States. She began her career as an aerospace engineer at Northrup Grumman (Hercules Aerospace) where she became one of the youngest engineering managers at that time.
Stephanie holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wyoming.
Christine Casper
Christine’s areas of expertise include leading & developing high performing teams,
strategic planning & management and operational efficiency. Since 2011, she has served as the Vice President – Customer Success – at Ceridian. Her prior experience includes:
– Fidelity Investments – Senior Vice President – Implementation and Service – Human Resource Services (HRS)
– ADP – Division Vice President – she held a variety of roles over 19 years in account management, sales, implementation, operations, and business process outsourcing
She graduated from the University of Utah with an MBA/HSA in 1992 and undergraduate work was at Utah State University. She currently resides in Salt Lake City and enjoys skiing, hiking and biking. She had three sons participate in the Youthlinc Service Year project over the past 10 years. She is a member of the Millcreek Rotary Club and served as president of the Club 2016-2017. She looks forward to joining the board and also serving as a mentor with her husband, Darrin, in the future. She is also the proud mother of two darling labradoodles.
Craig Coleby
As a triple board-certified physician in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Sports Medicine, Craig A. Coleby, MD has over 4,000 hours experience in emergency room care. He tries to provide the highest care possible with his depth of training. He does address urgent problems in office, when able and safe to do so, without sending patients to Emergency Rooms.
Craig and his family have been on multiple Service Year teams and love the mission and impact the organization makes on young people across Utah.
Miranda Collard
In the role of Global Chief Client Officer for Teleperformance, Miranda is responsible for leading all aspects of the customer delivery and strategy. As such she leads a Global team of diverse leaders responsible for developing and executing innovative solutions to many of the world’s Fortune 500 companies. She has spent over 25 years with Teleperformance. Her previous role she served as Chief Client Officer of the English World.
Miranda has experience in designing multi-channel solutions for a multitude of different industry verticals including HealthCare, Financial Service, and Retail- amongst many others. She has led initiatives with Teleperformance to catapult the hiring of veterans and their spouses through specifically designed programs that increased the results by over 300%. This program specifically assists spouses who are managing deployments and PCS assignments without having to leave their employer. Her most recent venture is the Chair of TP Women which she founded and launched with Teleperformance in 2019. With over 300,000 employees around the world it’s a critical mission to build upon an already diverse group of employees.
Miranda resides in Utah with her husband, 4 kids and 10 pets. She loves spending time with her family and working within the community supporting organizations that are focused on improving the lives of people around the world.
Colleen Connelly
Colleen Connelly is the Senior Nursing Director for Critical Care, AirMed, and the Emergency Department at University of Utah Health, supervising a team of over 800 employees. Colleen holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from West Virginia University and a Master of Public Health from the University of Utah.
After earning her bachelor’s degree, Colleen entered the Army, where she served four years active duty as an Army nurse and was honorably discharged after earning the rank of Captain. Colleen has worked in several roles during her eighteen-year tenure at University of Utah Health and has served as Senior Nursing Director for the last 10 years. During that time, Colleen has worked on a variety of senior-level hospital and healthcare projects, including several multi-million dollar construction projects, from the initial design to completion of construction. Colleen also served as the senior administrator leading and negotiating a $50 million contract for University of Utah Health’s air ambulance service, AirMed, whose fleet includes six helicopters and two fixed-wing planes with bases in two states.
Colleen is an avid skier, on any given weekend in the winter you will find her on the ski slopes. She loves the outdoors and the Pittsburgh Steelers the football team from her childhood home. Colleen has developed a new love for travel over the last several years and her belief that people are just people everywhere you go and is reaffirmed with every trip.
Mike Holmstrom, MD
Mike first became acquainted with Youthlinc when his oldest daughter went to Kenya in 2013. Since then, he has been able to be a mentor on two life-changing Youthlinc trips with his sons – both to Nepal – in 2015 and 2017. He is currently a mentor on a Fiji 2020 team, and is especially excited to be able to go on this trip with his wife, Kim, and his youngest daughter. Youthlinc has had a profound impact in Mike’s family. He has seen his children start clubs in college to do art with kids in hospitals as well as look for ways to serve others locally and beyond. The motto of “Creating Lifetime Humanitarians” works and he would love to be able to help Youthlinc continue to achieve this goal in other families.
Professionally, Mike is an orthopedic surgeon. He received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah. He continued his training as a Ute for medical school, his orthopedic residency, and fellowships in sports medicine and pediatric orthopedics. He currently practices at TOSH (The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital) where he specializes in knees, from simple scopes to ligament reconstructions and knee replacements. He is currently serving as the Chairman of the Department of Surgery at TOSH. Additionally, Mike was President-Elect and President of the Utah State Orthopedic Society from 2009 through 2018, spending hundreds of hours working on issues related to orthopedic care for Utahns.
Mike lives in Salt Lake City with his wife, Kim, and whichever kids happen to be in Salt Lake City. He enjoys writing and performing music, wandering through mountains and the desert, boating with his family, skiing, and watching Utah football while eating pizza from the Pie.
Morgan Parry
Morgan Parry is Executive Producer and Co-owner of The Ziegfeld Theater in Ogden, Ut. She received her B.A. in Musical Theatre from Weber State University. The Ziegfeld Theater serves over 20,000 patrons annually and puts over 1,000 youth performing on the stage every year. She is an avid supporter of the arts and the importance of the arts in Education. No only does she teach the youth at her theater, but she also worked at the United States Senate on The Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee, focused specifically on Education.
Morgan has been passionate about volunteering since she was a youth. At 20 she did her first overseas volunteer program, working in Costa Rica both teaching English at an elementary school and working at a Girl’s Youth Home. Since then she has been able to serve in Mexico building a home for a family and Portugal working with youth and women. She is so excited to get more involved with volunteering herself, but especially assisting the youth around her and from her community in becoming Lifetime Volunteers and Humanitarians at Youthlinc!
Jacob Sharkey
Jacob is a Commercial Banking Relationship Manager for U.S. Bank in Utah. As a Relationship Manager Jacob manages a portfolio of commercial business clients who’s needs primarily revolve around cash and treasury management. By building a rapport and understanding his client’s businesses he is able to offer professional recommendations on how companies can operate their finance divisions more efficiently while protecting assets and strategizing to maximize returns. Jacob has work in the banking market in Utah for 15 years and has a background in management as well. Jacob has a bachelor’s in business administration and management from Western Governors University and is current completing his MBA.
Jacob’s hobbies include sports, outdoor activities, and spending time with his family. Jacob and his wife Audrey have 3 children Tyne, Luca, and Sloane. The Sharkey family enjoys participating in various volunteer opportunities including events to support the underprivileged community as well as events for Canyons School District and youth sports. Jacob also represents U.S. Bank at several events throughout each year.
Kristi Phillips
Kristi Phillips, MT-BC (music therapist- board certified) has Utah State Certification and has earned her Hospice and Palliative Care Certification. She currently works part-time with Encompass Health and Hospice. Professionally, she has experience with music therapy groups for blind and visually impaired children and their caregivers, infants, and toddlers with developmental delays and their caregivers and in assisted living facilities as Activity Director. For 14 years, Kristi has been working specifically as a Music Therapist contracting for hospice agencies as she and her husband care for and raise their family. She finds it incredibly fulfilling and sacred to be invited into the home and lives of her terminally ill clients to provide peace and perspective through music, as they transition.
Kristi also teaches piano lessons and has taught music to countless children in Summit and Wasatch Counties as the business owner of Heber Valley Music Together, an early childhood music program for infants to five-year-olds and their caregivers.Currently, Kristi is delving deeper into the therapeutic aspect of her education and working towards becoming a DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) informed music therapist. She loves spreading the magic of music and educating how it can be a tool of peace in our lives.
Youthlinc Board service will be her first service on a board; however, serving and humanitarian work is a big part of Kristi’s life. She serves currently with the youth of her church as the young women’s president. And has been involved with cub scouts and Girl Scouts. She has helped support her son in his Eagle Project and with her husband, Scott has planned two of their own family humanitarian trips through Youthlinc connections. They have traveled to Pursat, Cambodia, and Iquitos, Peru. They created their own connections with Youthlinc reps there and visited schools and brought music, reading, and interactive experiences for them to share between their children and the local children. They hope to be in Madagascar next year for another project with their family.
Kristi and Scott have three children ages 16, 14, 12, and live in Heber City UT. In her spare time, she cherishes every opportunity to ski on snow or water, mountain bike, or create music.
Andrea Young
Andrea started her career at 19 when she was called home from college to run the operations and finances of her mother’s greeting card business. Later, at an MLM startup, she handled communications and marketing as the company grew from $10k monthly sales to over $800k. Most recently she worked as a Product Manager at a software company, managing the FDA clearance for their latest drug testing system. She has extensive experience in event planning and logistics.
Andrea was introduced to Youthlinc 13 years ago when she found herself teaching soap-making to their International Service Director. She finally took the plunge to be a mentor herself in 2015 on a Thailand team. The next year she mentored on the inaugural trip to Madagascar, putting her creative problem-solving to good use assembling treadle sewing machines with neither instructions nor tools. She is passionate about the Youthlinc mission and takes every opportunity to evangelize the Service Year.
She and her husband, Tyler, live in South Jordan where her current logistical challenges include keeping two precocious young boys learning and eating vegetables.
Youthlinc founder
Judy Zone
Judy Zone has worked with youth all her life, as a secondary and college educator. She founded Youthlinc in 1999, and served as Executive Director for 17 years.
Judy has a double major undergraduate degree in English and Journalism from Boston University, M.Ed. from the U of U, and is ABD (all but dissertation) for a PhD in Education. As a classroom educator, she founded the Reading and Writing Center at Judge Memorial High School, where students with learning disabilities were tutored by classmates in these skills and study skills. At the University of Utah College of Education, she taught pre-service teachers for four years. As a teacher at Murray High School, she led the school newspaper to national awards four years in row. Judy has also worked, early in her career, in television news and production, communication, and media promotion.
Judy is married to Dr. John Zone, chairman of the Department of Dermatology at the University of Utah. They have three grown children, the youngest of whom was instrumental in developing the Youthlinc concept of bringing students to both local and international service. Her grandchildren rival Youthlinc as the greatest joy of her life.