Mindee Graver

I started my career after staying home to raise my family, doing some grant writing for charities before returning to full-time work. My passion has always been helping others and fixing problems - I want to be able to happily and calmly ease people's troubles. I spent 4-5 years as a College and Career Counselor in Washington State, where I met with seniors to help them with their FAFSA, scholarships, and post-graduation plans, whether that was military, apprenticeship, two-year or four-year college, or going straight into the workforce. I did a lot of field trips to universities like UW and Wazoo, and I created our Decision Day where all the seniors were celebrated in an assembly in front of the whole school with what their next steps were. When we moved to Utah about 4 years ago, I applied to Utah Valley University, which is where I went to college myself and really love. I started as a travel coordinator, and after just a month and a half, they asked me to move up and become the travel card coordinator. After about 2 years in that role, they created my current position as Travel Manager so I could take some duties off my boss and be that one-stop shop for athletics, study abroad, and everyone traveling at the university. My main area of expertise is customer service and problem-solving - I'm that go-to person when things come up, because no two travel trips are alike. I love being able to ease people's minds, guide them through policy and procedure, and help them fix their problems. I was recently accepted into UV SELF, a very exclusive leadership program here that only takes about 15 applicants each year, and I was told you have to apply two or three times before you get in, but I got accepted on my first try. I also made a big impression at a conference where a VP invited me to speak at an exclusive University Influencer Board meeting, which was pretty huge considering I've only been in this industry for 4 years and in this position for 2.