Lane Beattie, President Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce - Aug 28th, noon, Zions Bank Founder’s Room
August 14, 2008 Career, Entrepreneurism, Finance, Real Estate No Comments
For over 25 years Lane Beattie has been a real estate broker and developer by profession.
Lane Beattie was elected to the Utah State Senate in 1989. In 1991 he served as Senate Majority Whip and in 1992 became Majority leader and in 1994 was elected Utah Senate President. He served as president for six years until June 2000.
Senator Beattie was chairman of Business, Labor and Economic Development Standing committees in his first year in the Senate.
Beattie proposed and implemented some of the most sweeping changes in the legislative process in several decades, including total internet access for legislators as well as the public. This made the legislative process significantly more efficient and allowed more legislator and citizen involvement.
The president is highly respected among his colleagues. Senator Craig Peterson, former Senate Majority Leader, made the following observation: “Under President Beattie’s leadership, the Senate has become more efficient, productive, professional, and more open to the public. He led the Senate in major tax reforms and reductions across the state which have saved taxpayers millions of dollars.”
W President Beattie has been a guest speaker and lecturer locally, nationally, and internationally.
In 1996 President Beattie was invited to address the European Union in Florence, Italy to speak on Federalism and State’s rights.
In 1998 President Beattie was elected as Chairman of the National Senate Presidents Forum representing all United States Senate Presidents.
In 1999 President Beattie was invited to head a delegation from the United States on an official visit to China as a guest of the Vice-President of China.
After 12 years in the Senate in March of 2000, President Beattie surprised both local and national leaders by announcing he would not seek re-election and was returning to private business.
In June 2000, Governor Leavitt asked Lane to accept the post as Chief State Olympic Officer for the State of Utah to oversee and manage the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
President Beattie assumed leadership of the Salt Lake Chamber on July 1, 2003. By unanimous vote, the Chamber Board of Governors chose Beattie after an exhaustive process that considered 95 candidates from across Utah. “We were looking for someone who needed no introduction,” says A. Scott Anderson, Chamber Board of Governors co-chair. “Lane has the experience and reputation to help the Chamber play a bigger role in our community and state. He has been around for a long time and knows all the key players. He has seen where Salt Lake has been and has the vision to take it into the future.”
President Beattie and his wife, Joy, are the parents of three children and the proud grandparents of three wonderful grandsons and a beautiful granddaughter. President Beattie enjoys golf, skiing, and raises quarter horses and is a Utah State Quarter Horse Team-Penning Champion.
