Cameron is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and performs financial and control focused audits at a local accounting firm. He has worked with clients in various industries, but specializes in insurance, SOC, 401(k) and nonprofit. Cameron was born and raised on the green and rainy side of Oregon and moved to Utah in 2007 for college. After falling in love with a Utah native and the different, but wonderful mountains and parks, Cameron decided to stick around. Cameron enjoys running with his goldendoodle, preferably in the warmer summer months, reading, and pickleball.

Ken is a consultant at a nationwide accounting advisory firm with offices in the Salt Lake area. Ken has worked with clients including several which have an environment-focused mission. Ken is proud to leverage his accounting and finance expertise to support HEAL’s goals.

Ken is a Utah native, but has also worked and lived in Los Angeles and Washington DC. Ken enjoys playing pickleball, water skiing and spending time with his wife and dog. Ken has a master’s degree in accountancy from Brigham Young University and is a CPA in California and Utah.

Evelyn (she/her) is a finance professional with over 6 years of experience since moving to Utah in 2015. She moved to Salt Lake after earning her undergraduate in Finance, Economics, and the black line on the bottom of the pool (as a swimmer) from Whittier College. While she focuses primarily on financial analysis, underwriting, and contributing to the growth of the “unicorn” fintech start-up she works for during the day, she is passionate about the world around her. You can find her doing all the outdoor activities, painting, cooking, and in the pool at Steiner when not working or advocating. After living in their 1986 Toyota Winnebago for some time, Evelyn, her partner, and their German Shepherd have moved out of the valley and into the mountains in order to protect their health from the poor air quality. She will be part of the finance committee while on HEAL’s board. 

Evangeline is a partner at a litigation boutique (translation: she’s a lawyer) where she works on a wide array of matters, from founders’ disputes to trade secret theft cases.  She attended Yale University and then the University of Michigan Law School, graduating with honors from both.  Before returning to her hometown of Salt Lake City in 2019, Evan lived in four different states and five cities.  She loves theater, coffee, succinct emails (with bullet points), and going skiing/hiking/biking with her husband and their three small children.  With those three small children in mind, Evan wants to leave the world a better place for the next generation — and she is proud of the work HEAL is doing to achieve that goal.

As the Managing Senior Staff Attorney at Western Resource Advocates (WRA), Sophie Hayes represents the organization in state regulatory proceedings and other policy-making forums, with a particular focus on the Utah Public Service Commission. Her work emphasizes renewable resources, grid decarbonization, energy efficiency, and utility-regulatory policies that mitigate and adapt to the harms of a changing climate.

Prior work included private practice, as well as eight years at Utah Clean Energy, directing their regulatory intervention and representing them in regulatory proceedings related to integrated resource planning, net metering, renewable resource acquisition, and energy efficiency.

A Utah native, Hayes isn’t the first in her family to embrace the West’s natural resources. Her grandparents were naturalists, often taking her bird watching and rock collecting. Her grandfather was a geologist, and her grandmother was an environmental advocate in their community. It’s a legacy Hayes is proud to continue.

She holds two degrees from Brigham Young University, including a Juris Doctor from J. Reuben Clark Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology with a sociocultural emphasis.

Hayes currently resides in Utah with her cat Agate, and enjoys walks along the Jordan River Parkway, table-top games, and planning elaborate parties and Halloween costumes with her nephew.

Briana Kobor grew up in California and moved to Utah with her family in 2017. She has spent her career in energy policy in various positions, including energy regulatory consulting, nonprofit rooftop solar advocacy, and private sector decarbonization efforts.

She enjoys taking in all the natural beauty that Utah offers in her free time–hiking, climbing, skiing, and exploring with her partner and two young kids. Living along the Wasatch Front, she sees daily how vulnerable our communities are to climate change, air pollution, and other environmental threats. She is honored to be joining the board at HEAL to help support the critical work they are doing every day to give voice to our communities and safeguard a healthy environment for all Utahns.

John R. Contreras is from Nogales, Arizona. He is an epidemiologist and has worked for the Arizona Department of Health. He moved to Utah in 1997 to attend the University of Utah and subsequently attended Johns Hopkins University and Arizona State University. He is the Chair and Director of the MPH Program for Westminster College. He has a depth of experience in environmental health research and has conducted numerous studies here in Utah. 

John enjoys riding his mountain bike and spending time with his son (who currently attends the University of Utah). 

He is very excited to work with HEAL’s board members and serve on the Board.

Nate is from Minneapolis, Minnesota and has been living in Salt Lake City since 2021. He left Minnesota both for the beauty of the Mountain West, along with the opportunity to work as an Operations Director at Misfits Market. His work in leading operational teams has helped divert millions of pounds of food from landfills, and helps tackle food insecurity through making high-quality, organic foods available to anyone in the lower 48 states. When not at work, Nate is an avid trail runner, mountain biker, skier, and enjoys fly fishing. He is passionate about providing an example of environmental stewardship so that future generations can enjoy the natural wonders of Utah.

Victoria (she/her) is a social impact consultant with a current focus on improving job quality and career navigation for low-income individuals in the United States. She works primarily with philanthropic clients and supports their collaborations with public and private sector actors.

Victoria was born and raised in Logan, Utah. She studied business administration, environmental policy, and poverty alleviation at UC Berkeley. She joined the HEAL Utah Board in 2024 excited to continue environmental justice work closer to home. Outside of HEAL, you can find Victoria in a hot yoga class, volunteering at her local warming center and farmer’s market, or connecting with friends at her favorite hometown coffee shop, Caffe Ibis.