(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ben Hart, former deputy director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity, is seen during a pandemic news conference on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. He was appointed as the new executive director of the Utah Inland Port Authority on Aug. 24, 2022.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.