Book your tickets for our Holiday Party today!
Get tickets now for UIBC’s Annual Holiday Party & Fundraiser on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at 7:00 PM at Cactus & Tropicals in Salt Lake.
Come mix and mingle with some of Utah’s best LOCAL business owners for an evening of great food, drink, and conversation. We’ll celebrate all we’ve accomplished in educating, mentoring, and advocating for small businesses in 2023 and share UIBC’s vision and plans for the new year.
Our popular silent auction is back this year and will include services and products from many member businesses, including Paletti Style Studio, Tailor Cooperative, Workshop SLC, and more. Silent auction winners will be announced at 9:00 pm.
Thanks to our generous venue, Cactus & Tropicals, for hosting this event.
Tickets are just $50 presale and $60 at the door. RSVP now and get your tickets!
Where: Cactus & Tropicals, 2735 S 2000 E, Salt Lake City
When: Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Ashton Ferrin is a CPA with a diverse background in public accounting. He is the founder of the Big Mountain CPA firm based in Park City, Utah. Ashton specializes in individual and business tax and accounting services. He has deep experience in a variety of areas, ranging from basic bookkeeping transactions to complex business financial, tax, and cash flow analysis and government compliance. Ashton has an MBA from Westminster College and is the immediate past president of the Mountain Chapter of the Utah Association of CPAs. He enjoys spending time with his family and making the mountains his home in every possible way.
Sheldon Bartel, CEcD & EDFP, serves as Small Business Loan Officer for the National Development Council’s “Grow America Fund.” He is based in Sheridan, WY and is responsible for serving the Salt Lake City area. Sheldon received his BA in Economics and Finance from Houston Baptist University and his MS in Agricultural Economics – Design, Management and Appraisal of Development Projects from New Mexico State University. Prior to joining the National Development Council’s Grow America Program in July 2011, he owned and managed a hospitality business, worked as an accountant in commercial real estate development, taught basic business skills to immigrants, served as an executive in the non-profit sector of the economic development industry for 14 years, and headed up the lending department for one of the nation’s largest micro-lenders. Sheldon has deep experience in processing and closing various types of business loans, including SBA 7a, 504 and Microloan, USDA Intermediary Relending, and other loans. He teaches economic development finance and small business credit analysis courses for the National Development Council as well as for the International Economic Development Council.
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Scott Pynes started his career at Arthur Anderson in their consulting division. In 1986 he formed a business application software company – Interactive Systems, Inc. which was later renamed to Assist Cornerstone Technologies. The company grew to employ nearly 200 people before it was sold in 2000 to a New York Stock Exchange company. In 2002 he purchased Cactus & Tropicals from its founder – Lorraine Miller. Since then he has expanded the business significantly by opening a second retail location and aggressively growing the commercial side of the business. Cactus & Tropicals currently employs about 100 people. Its retail locations specialize in providing indoor and outdoor plants for homes and businesses as well as creative gifts and garden accessories. Scott enjoys spending time with his wife and two children and when weather permits road biking up the various canyons around the Salt Lake Valley.
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