Spencer Eccles

Co-Founder & Managing Director The Cynosure Group

Prior to co-founding The Cynosure Group, a diversified financial services company, Spencer served as Executive Director of the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED), which was responsible for statewide business, tourism and film development, international trade, rural economic development, and the Utah Health Exchange. Spencer has been involved on numerous public and private boards, including the Governor’s Economic Council, the Utah Science Technology and Research (USTAR) initiative, the STEM Action Center, and the Utah Capital Investment Board (UCIB-Utah Fund of Funds). He currently serves as an advisor to the Salt Lake Chamber where he currently chairs Utah Rising, a 10-year strategic collaborative economic development plan. He also serves on the University of Utah’s National Advisory Board, Utah Impact Partnership, Utah Homeless Services Board, and works with the organizing committee for the 2034 Winter Olympics. Earlier, he also oversaw and helped develop the premier downhill events and the Alpine Paralympic events for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Spencer is the great grandson of David Eccles and as 4th and 5th generation descendants, Spencer, his father and three sisters, directly manage multiple family foundations. Spencer is an Advisory Board member of the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation and the Spencer F. and Cleone P. Eccles Family Foundation. He received his MBA from BYU’s Marriott School of Management and a BA in History from the University of Utah.

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