(Leia Larsen | The Salt Lake Tribune file photo) Helper Mayor Lenise Peterman, at City Hall in June, was elected in 2018 and serves with four female city council members. A new analysis from the Utah Women and Leadership Project found that Helper had the highest percentage of women elected to office (83.3%) and the second highest percentage of women serving in leadership positions (66.7%) among Utah's 247 cities and towns.
Becky Jacobs is a Report for America corps member and writes about women’s issues and the status of women in Utah for The Salt Lake Tribune.
Taylor covers Utah politics and government for The Tribune, where she has worked since January 2017. A Salt Lake native and Westminster College alumna, Taylor first joined The Tribune team as an intern on a single day’s notice.