Table of Contents Announcements
You Are the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2019 Utahn of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Words of Wisdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Epic Year at Megaplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Season of Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Your “Give Us 5” Donations at Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Growing Local Techs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Aiming to Exceed Expectations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2019 LHM Dealerships Sales Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Championing Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Employee Anniversaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Empowering Women Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Laughing All the Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Sales Manager Leadership Academy Graduates . . . . . 15
Snapshot Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 November 6, 2019: The Utah Jazz teamed up
with Chick-fil-A and Will Dance for Kids Project
to combat childhood hunger through a peanut
butter donation drive at the Jazz vs. Philadelphia
76ers game.
FOUNDERS
Larry H. and Gail Miller
EXECUTIVE EDITOR/CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Jack Sanford
LAYOUT/DESIGN
James Kenison
CONTENT CONTRIBUTORS
Emily Cutler
Karol Elkington
Madison Facer
Dana Reid
Sara Waldman
Frank Zang
WINNING SPIRIT MAGAZINE is the official communication
tool of the Larry H. Miller Group. Its purpose is to
document important events and milestones, as well as
share the successes and achievements of our employees
as they exemplify the mission, vision, values, and guiding
principles of the company.
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On the cover: Combining the Miller family passions
for both education and women’s leadership, a $5,000
donation to UVU Women’s Success Center was presented
by general manager, Ray Gunn, and members of the
Mercedes-Benz of Draper staff. This is just one example of
the nearly immeasurable good spread by LHM Charities
and the generosity of Group employees in 2019.
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November 18, 2019: After a Pleasant Grove,
Utah, high school student was the victim of
bullying, vandalism, and racism, Jazz players
Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert tried to
make things right. They exchanged text messages
and offered him support, and the high school
senior later sat courtside to watch Mitchell and
Gobert take on the Minnesota Timberwolves.
November 23, 2019: The Zyia Active Utah
Jazz Dancers hosted a charity dance clinic at
Vivint Smart Home Arena. Admission to the
clinic was free with a canned food item, and cans
were donated to the Utah Food Bank. Members
of the Jazz Dancers provided instruction to boys
and girls, ages 7-18.
VOL. 12, ISSUE 1
Brent Asay
Katrina Lynch
Ryan Croker
November 8–9, 2019: The Utah Jazz
commemorated Hoops for Troops week at the
Jazz vs. Milwaukee game Friday, Nov. 8, and at a
community event with Jazz players and military
members on Saturday.
LHM Winning Spirit January/February 2020
November 25, 2019: The 21st annual We Care –
We Share Thanksgiving Meal was held at Vivint
Smart Home Arena where the Miller family and
LHM Sports & Entertainment employees served
food to local homeless and low-income individuals.
November 25, 2019: LHM Subaru Boise
announced its participation in the 2019 Subaru
Share the Love event, which ran through January
2, 2020. Subaru dealerships selected charities
operating in their community to be included on a
list of organizations that new owners and lessees
could choose to receive a $250 donation from
Subaru of America, Inc.
December 4, 2019:
Jonathan Rinehart
was named managing
director of Jazz
Gaming. Rinehart, a 15-
year veteran of LHMSE,
will now oversee the
day-to-day and strategic
planning for Jazz Gaming as the team enters its
third campaign in the NBA 2K League. He will
continue to serve as the president of the Salt
Lake City Stars and executive director of the Salt
Lake City Summer League. His colleague Josh
Barney has been named director of information
technology for Jazz Gaming.
December 5, 2019: dōTERRA announced
a partnership with LHMSE to emphasize
community-based events and support women’s
empowerment activities. This will include
stage sponsorship in the LHM Tour of Utah,
sponsorship of the Utah Jazz’s annual spring
seminar for female high school students, and
involvement in other activities as well.
December 26, 2019: A new Megaplex
Theatres location was announced for Idaho Falls,
Idaho. Plans for the new theatre complex are
forthcoming, and a groundbreaking is planned
to take place in spring 2020. This will be the first
Megaplex facility in Idaho.
December 12, 2019: Jazz center Rudy Gobert
and his Rudy’s Kids Foundation hosted a
holiday party on December 12 at the Zions Bank
Basketball Campus for 25 youth from Family
Promise and provided winter clothing and gifts.
Gobert also purchased and donated winter
clothes to benefit Neighborhood House in Salt
Lake City earlier in the month.
December 12, 2019: General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary Robert Tingey announced
his retirement to occur in early 2020 after more
than three decades of combined experience
as outside counsel and general counsel for
the Larry H. Miller Group. Sarah Starkey, who
served as general counsel and vice president
of LHM Dealerships,
was promoted to
chief legal officer of
Miller Management
Corporation and
corporate secretary for the
LHM Board of Directors,
and she assumed that
position January 1, 2020.
December 22, 2019: The Salt Lake City Stars
won the 2019 MGM Resorts NBA G League
Winter Showcase tournament at the Mandalay
Bay Convention Center after defeating the Grand
Rapids Drive 91-88 in overtime. With the victory,
which marked the club’s 13th consecutive win, the
Stars were awarded a $100,000 prize for the NBA
G League players on their team.
January 21, 2019: Gail Miller and the Miller
family made a historic $50 million donation
to Primary Children’s Hospital in Utah. This is
the largest single donation ever made by the
family and is aimed at helping to build programs,
projects, and facilities for children throughout the
western United States.