Inclusion Strategies
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Inclusion Strategies' principal, Ross Romero, is a former Utah State Legislator & current Utah Democratic National Committeeman. He has served on the Board of several National Hispanic organizations.
Prior to starting his own Government Relations and Diversity & Inclusion consulting firm, Ross Romero was a senior advisor at Michael Best Strategies. Before that he was a vice president in the Community Development Group for Zions Bank. In that role, he assisted local and state government and corporate accounts with banking and business operation needs, working with elected and appointed officials in Utah and Idaho, and advocated with Utah’s U.S. Congressional members. Previously, he was a shareholder with a full service law firm in Salt Lake City, where his legal practice
focused in federal and state courts as trial counsel.
EDUCATION
University of Michigan Law School, Juris Doctor
University of Utah, Bachelor of Science – Political Science and Government
Community Engagement Award, Utah Valley University 2013
“Forty Under Forty,” Utah Business Magazine, 2007
Chambers Champion, The Salt Lake Chamber, 2011 – 2012
UCLR Cesar Chavez, Peace & Justice Award, 2008
Utah NAACP, Martin Luther King Jr Award, 2008
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Board Member, Utah Hospital Association
Board Member, Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, affiliated with American Hospital Association,
2018 – present
Hispanic National Bar Association, Region XV (UT & NM) President, 2018-present
American Israel Public Affairs Committee, National Council, 2015 - present
Diversity & Outreach Committee for Hale Theater
Ski Utah’s SSKI Committee (Skiers and Snowboarders for Kindness and Inclusion)
Utah Minority Bar Association, former President and current member
Former & Inaugural Chair of Diversity & Inclusion Committee, University of Utah Alumni Association
Former Board Member, The First Tee Utah
Former Member, Utah Advisory Board, Sundance Institute, Sundance Film Festival, 2011 – 2016
Former Board Member, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Bar Association
National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Education Fund
Salt Lake Regional Medical Center
Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA)
The State Legislative Leaders Foundation
University of Utah Alumni Association
Utah Hospital Association
White House Commission on Presidential Scholars
Democratic Attorneys General Association (DAGA)
Attorney General Alliance (AGA)
Supporter of BOLD PAC
Former National Council Member of Latino Victory
