Ron C. Bigelow
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Ron C. Bigelow currently serves as the House Chair of the Executive Appropriations Committee (state budget committee). He is in his seventh term as a member of the Utah State House of Representatives District 32, representing West Valley City.

Previously he has served as Vice-Chairman of the Executive Appropriations Committee, Vice-Chairman of the Education Committee, Chairman of the Executive Offices and Criminal Justice sub-appropriations committee and Chairman of the Retirement and Independent Entities Committee.

He presently serves on the following committees: Government Operations, Higher Education sub-appropriations and the National Conference State Legislatures Revenue and Budgets Committee.

He has been recognized with the Friend of the Taxpayer award by the Utah Taxpayers Association http://www.utahtaxpayers.org/, Guardian of Small Business by the National Federation of Independent Businesses and Champion of Children by NetSmartz. Ron is widely recognized for his work on public education, finances and protecting children from abuse and exploitation.

Utah has long been recognized as either the best or one of the best financially managed states in the United States of America by numerous national publications http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/gpp_report_card.aspx http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-06-22-state-spending-cover_x.htm. This trend continued while he has served as the Co-Chair of the committee that sets the state budget.

Career

Currently, he is the Manager of Finance in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Missionary Department. He has also worked in their administration offices in Mexico and Chile.

He has worked for other local companies such as Salt Lake International Center, Busch Development and Thompson Flying Service.

Bigelow received his education at the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...

 and Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake Community College is the largest higher education institution with the most diverse student body in Utah . The College offers and operates throughout the Salt Lake valley. Even with its large student body, the College maintains a student to faculty ratio of just 20 to 1...

.

Personal

He is married to Charlene Larsen Bigelow, his wife of 37 years. They have four grown sons and one grandson.

For the last twelve years, he has served as president of The Bigelow Society, a national organization of over 700 members researching the genealogy of John Bigelow and Mary Warren of the 18th century in Watertown Massachusetts.
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