Working closely with her colleagues in the Senate and House of Representatives, Ann has sponsored and passed legislation to:
Improve school performance transparency
Make concurrent enrollment classes more accessible
Enable clear education pathways to meet workforce needs
Provide mentors and school-based professional development to teachers
Provide greater access to educational opportunities for our veterans
Deliver over $20 million more dollars for Utah schools without raising taxes through Utah’s Trust Lands Management system
About Dr. Ann Millner
Dr. F. Ann Millner serves as the State Senator for District 18. She is Senate Majority Whip and Chair of the Senate Ethics Committee.
Ann also sits on the Executive Appropriations Committee, Education Committee, Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee, Public Education Appropriations Committee, Higher Education Appropriations Committee, Government Operations Committee, Legislative Management Committee, and the Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, & Technology Committee. She has sponsored legislation focused on economic development specifically related to commercialization of new technologies and workforce preparation, public and higher education and victim’s rights. Last year she sponsored a Utah Constitutional amendment, approved by the citizens of the state, to ensure prudent investment of the funds in the Permanent School Fund and increase the annual distribution of funds to our schools.
Ann is a Regents Professor of Health Administration and former President at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. Under her leadership as University President from 2002 to 2012, Weber State became a multi-campus institution, experienced a nearly 40 percent enrollment increase, initiated a major facilities revitalization effort, expanded its network of community partnerships, launched WSU-Davis, emerged as a regional center for economic development, and earned national recognition for its undergraduate research and community-based learning initiatives.
Ann serves on the Education and Mental Health Coordinating Council, Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute Advisory Board, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Executive Committee - National Conference of State Legislatures, and as Co-Chair for Education - Council of State Governments West. Additionally, she is on the Board of Trustees for Intermountain Healthcare, Board of Directors for Merit Medical, Advisory Board for Zions Bank, and the United Partnership Council - United Way of Northern Utah, where she is Co-Chair.
Important Issues in our State
EDucation
Education has been Ann’s passion for decades. She has transformed her passion into legislation, encouraging innovation in education and to expand access to educational opportunities to more and more Utahns, including veterans. She Chairs the Senate Education Standing Committee.
Economic Development
Ann has worked over the years to form strategic partnerships and leverage opportunities to foster robust economic development. Her work in the Utah Legislature has been vital to our state's continued growth.
Role of Government
Some have called taxation, regulation, and litigation ‘The Axis of Unemployment.’ The best thing the public sector can do is efficiently and effectively serve and promote the private sector, then know when to get out of the way.
“Ann Millner has distinguished herself in the Utah State Senate. When Ann works on an issue she first listens and then, and only then, does she act. And when she acts she is successful. She has gained the confidence of her Senate colleagues and is effective in advocating for Northern Utah.”