Cindy Gubler

It’s Cindy’s ability to look at all the options available and strategically plan a creative course of action that has helped her meet clients’ needs for more than 15 years. Cindy has developed the strategic direction, creative approach and communications programs around some of today’s most challenging issues, including those that affect the environment, social issues and market share. She is an expert in the art of strategic planning and has a talent for implementing results-oriented communications efforts that exceed her clients’ expectations.

Her experience includes work on the proposed Lake Powell Pipeline, a regional pipeline that will bring water from Lake Powell to three southern Utah counties; the Southwest Jordan Valley Groundwater Project, one of the most significant groundwater reclamation projects in North America; assisting the Central Utah Water Conservancy District with its 2005 tax increase; developing the Governor’s Water Conservation Team’s Slow The Flow initiative; helping Central Iron County Water Conservancy District gain community support to increase taxes and be part of the Lake Powell Pipeline project; the June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program and Virgin River Program, two programs established to recover endangered fish species and the ecosystems they depend upon; Utah Governor Olene Walker’s flagship initiative entitled Read With A Child; the Utah Department of Workforce Services’ Care About Childcare initiative; and with the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare, Idaho’s largest state agency, to brand, create a comprehensive communications plan and develop multi-media campaigns around key initiatives, such as immunizations, Children’s Health Insurance Program and mental health.

She is currently leading Wilkinson Ferrari & Co.’s work on the Salt Lake Chamber’s Downtown Rising initiative, a business-led, regional collaboration effort to create a long-range vision for downtown Salt Lake City; with the Swaner Nature Preserve, a 1,200-acre land trust near Park City, Utah; and with Holly Energy Corporation’s Porcupine Ridge Pipeline, a 64-mile crude oil pipeline from the Utah-Wyoming border to Holly’s refinery in West Bountiful, Utah.

Prior to joining Wilkinson Ferrari & Co., Cindy was a partner at Vanguard Media Group, a regional communications agency. Before that she worked at WF&Co. for seven years overseeing the agency’s integrated practice area and as an account supervisor. In addition, Cindy has been marketing director for the Salt Lake Community College and has worked with the Los Angeles-based public relations firm Berkhemer Kline Golin/Harris to launch a Nintendo game.

Cindy has a bachelor’s degree in communications with an emphasis in public relations from the University of Utah. She is a member of the University of Utah Hospital Foundation Marketing Committee and has served on the board of the Public Relations Society of America’ Greater Salt Lake Chapter for a number of years. Cindy frequently speaks to communication students at the University of Utah, Westminster College and Utah State University, and has given numerous communications presentations to various organizations. Her work has received several awards including International Gold Pinnacle Awards, national Telly Awards, ADDY Awards and Golden Spike Awards.

Cindy adheres to the philosophy “Life’s short, live big,” both in her professional and personal life. She loves the outdoors and fills her free time with her husband and son Jonathon. She is a self-described “perpetual student of life,” she loves to travel and throw herself into new projects.