Editor s note: This story is part of KSL.com s Black Voices series where we share Black Utahns stories about what life is like for them in the Beehive State.
SALT LAKE CITY James Jackson III feels comfortable meeting celebrities at the Sundance Film Festival and doesn t feel intimidated taking a photo with a Utah Jazz player.
Jackson, a second-generation Utahn, founded the Utah Black Chamber and works as the supplier diversity programs manager for Zions Bancorporation.
So what leaves Jackson feeling starstruck? Walking into a room filled with over a hundred high-level Black executives. To me, it was a little intimidating. … We don t have that around here, he told KSL.com. And I m hoping that we can eventually change that.