Maxine Turner
The United States Chamber of Commerce has appointed Maxine Turner to its Education, Employment and Training Committee, which analyzes and recommends policy on education and workforce development issues. Specifically, the committee is responsible for the development of policies concerning early childhood education, pre-K-12 education, postsecondary education, career and technical education, the public workforce development system, incumbent worker training and lifelong learning. Turner has served as the national chair on the chamber’s Council on Small Business for the last two and a half years and on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce board for over two years. She also has been active in the Salt Lake City Chamber. Turner is the founder of the U.S. Welcome Pavilion and has been active in Park City Chamber Bureau, Sandy Chamber Advisory Council, Salt Lake City Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Salt Lake Community College Culinary Board, Salt Lake Community College Foundation Board and the board of Junior Achievement. She also has more than three decades of experience in the food service industry.