Natalie Gochnour, director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute and associate dean at the David Eccles School of Business, was honored last week by the Salt Lake Chamber with the 2021 ATHENA Leadership Award. The award is the Chamber's highest recognition for women in business, and it is presented to a woman who is an active Chamber member who demonstrates excellence, creativity, and [...]
The pandemic has been hard on the labor market, but Utah seems to be bucking that trend, according to new analysis from The Wall Street Journal. Utah had the lowest average unemployment rate and highest number of people working or looking for jobs. “We went into the pandemic well-positioned,” said Natalie Gochnour, associate dean at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. [...]
Is the difficulty you are currently experiencing a Dip, or a Cliff? It's an important distinction, because it determines whether or not you should stay on your path and persevere, or bail before you crash and burn. Natalie Gochnour discusses the difference — and what you should do in each situation — in Utah Business.
On Feb. 20, 2018, the Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) program brought together alumni, current students and faculty members to celebrate 10 years of preparing the next generation of healthcare administration leaders. Eric Larsen (MHA/MPH 2012), whose background was in science fields originally, graduated from the MHA program in 2012. He said that the scope of topics covered through the program was instrumental [...]
Utah County's population is expected to swell to 1.6 million by 2065. And that means now is the time to plan for smart growth, according to Natalie Gochnour, director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute here at the David Eccles School of Business. “It’s not your grandmother’s county anymore. It’s not your grandfather’s county anymore," she told the crowd at the Utah Valley [...]
Utah has long been known as the "youngest state in the nation" for its high fertility rate. But that is rapidly changing, Natalie Gochnour says in her most recent column for the Deseret News. The number of births per woman has dropped from 4.3 in 1960 to 2.3 today. Read the full column — and see what it means for Utah's economic future — [...]
Natalie Gochnour had three key takeaway words for attendees at the Utah Economic Summit — positive, healthy and mindful. Gochnour, director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the David Eccles School of Business, has long been a trusted source on economic issues for Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, so much so that he tasked her with delivering this year's Utah Economic Report at the [...]
Natalie Gochnour, associate dean at the David Eccles School of Business and director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, wrote an op-ed in Utah Business about her predictions for 2017. She believes there is a lot to keep an eye this year on and predicts many changes for Utah and the world. To Gochnour, the landscape of geopolitics will be the biggest story of the year, [...]
Editor's Note: The David Eccles School of Business & the Business Scholar Club collaborated to start the Eccles Leadership Lecture Series, which gives students the opportunity to listen and learn from prestigious professionals as they talk about their career and education. On Friday, Nov. 4 Natalie Gochnour, associate dean of the David Eccles School of Business, discussed Utah’s economic forecast. Gochnour is also the Director [...]
Sen. Mike Lee will discuss the future of Utah and the nation the morning after the election on Wednesday, Nov. 9. The Republican Senator will discuss public policy and several issues when he visits the Thomas S. Monson Center to talk with the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute and the Economic Club of Utah. To learn more, and to RSVP, click here.