Babs De Lay

I’m a Lifetime Girl Scout and served on the Board of Directors for the State of Utah. I served as the appointee of the Speaker of the House of Representatives as a Trustee for the Utah Transit Authority/UTA (all the buses, trains and light rail). This says something, because he’s a Republican and I’m a Democrat, and we are huge fans of each other’s work and proves people from opposite sides of the table can reach over and do good work together. I was President in 2003 of the Women’s Council of REALTORS® and was a Salt Lake City Planning and Zoning Commissioner for 8 years and served as Chair, and I became a Certified Citizen Planner in the process of this service. The latter was a volunteer position and I think I learned more on that Commission than I ever did in college. I hosted a “Women in Music” program once a week for 27 years on public radio, which ended up being the longest running radio show of its kind in the country. (I own @3000 recordings/songs by women vocalists and instrumentalists.) I served on the Advisory Board of the Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault and was nominated and won the National 2005 Award for Outstanding Advocacy and Community Work in Ending Sexual Violence. I produced V-Day/The Vagina Monologues along the Wasatch Front for past 20+ years after replacing Roma Downey in the original Broadway touring show. Proceeds from these shows in Utah raised over $300,000 for local non-profits working to end violence against women. The YWCA awarded me the Outstanding Achievement Award for Business/Industry in 2008 here. I try and give back to my community daily and served as the Chair of the Downtown Merchants Association for the Downtown Alliance for four years and received the Downtown Achievement Award in 2015. Also, that year I received the ‘Hero of HIV’ award from the Utah AIDS Foundation and then in 2016 the Board of REALTORS® recognized me as their ‘Good Neighbor’ award recipient for my 30+ years of working with the Utah AIDS Foundation. I do all this volunteering this ON TOP of working massive hours a week for clients and customers. Currently I serve on the Salt Lake City Historic Landmarks Commission to help protect historic homes and neighborhoods.
Some people are givers, others are takers, and many are both. I’m a giver.