As a decade-long member of the Utah Board of Education, Jesselie B. Anderson BA’68 has had a significant impact on our community through her advocacy for children, the arts, and education. After graduating from the U, Jesselie worked with several members of Utah’s congressional delegation in Washington, D.C. Since then, she has worked with many organizations, including the Children’s Center; the Western Folklife Center; the Success in Education Foundation; the Utah Shakespeare Festival; the Zoo, Arts, and Parks Preservation Committee; the Governor’s Mansion Foundation; and many more. She was chair of the Utah Symphony/Utah Opera’s Government Relations Committee, serves on the I.J. and Jeanné Wagner Foundation’s board, and was a critical advocate for the Natural History Museum of Utah. At the U, she has served in critical leadership roles on the President’s Campaign Cabinet Executive Committee, the National Advisory Council, the Health Sciences Education Resource and Development Council, U Hospital and Clinics Board of Directors, and the Presidents Club Committee.