Desert Falls International Sports Resort
Company Principal Representatives

Project Personnel

Paul Morris

Legal and City Approval

Descriptions in media (2009)
  • Principal for the resort
  • legal, land-use and bonding expert with Desert Falls International
  • spokesman for the company
Search notes
  • from Free UTOPIA blog, 01-01-2008: "...Paul Morris left UTOPIA to go into semi-retirement...."
Search notes from online bios 2006 - 2007
  • Paul T. Morris is Executive Director of the Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA)
  • He was the City Attorney for West Valley City, Utah, from 1983-2005 and Chair of the ULCT Telecommunications Task Force since 1997
  • He is a graduate of Brigham Young University, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management in 1979, and a law degree in 1982
  • He received a Masters of Public Administration degree from the University of Utah in 1991
  • Paul is a past president of the Utah Municipal Attorneys Association.

Josh Olmstead

Sports Marketing and Recreation Manager

Descriptions in media (2009)
  • V.P. of Sports Activities for the resort
  • extensive experience in recreation; working with more than 80 sports organizations to locate events at the resort; talked to the U.S. Olympic archery and beach volleyball organizations about establishing training facilities at the resort; looking to provide training facilities for professional athletes.
Search notes
  • from St George Liesure Services Department web site: listed as a 'Program Coordinator'

Mark Meersman

Finance and Operations Manager

Descriptions in media (2009)
  • Principal for the resort
  • in charge of finances for Desert Falls International
Search notes
  • from List of all Sandy City businesses with active licenses, 5/8/2007: M & M FINANCE LLC MARK MEERSMAN C2ND MORTGAGES/NOTARY PU 0 801-514-1612 9176 S 300 W #23 84070 6/1/2004

Joe Larson

Chief Executive Officer and Project Manager

Descriptions in media (2009)
  • President of Desert Falls International Sports Resort

A.C. Green

Chairman Of The Board

Descriptions in media (2009)
  • Chairman of Desert Falls
  • Desert Falls partner and former Los Angeles Lakers basketball star
Search notes
  • from Wikipedia: A.C. Green, Jr., (born October 4, 1963 in Portland, Oregon) is a retired American NBA basketball player who has played in more consecutive games than any other player in NBA and ABA history (1,192). He has played for the Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat. He grew up in Portland, Oregon and attended Benson Polytechnic High School. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2003. He missed just 3 regular season games in his entire career, playing 82 or more games in all but one season (1987).
  • from Wikepedia: Green is known as deeply religious and is well-known for proclaiming that he began and ended his NBA career as a virgin. During his playing days, his teammates would frequently send women to tempt him to compromise his morals. Instead, Green would respond by calmly quoting scripture. Currently, he runs youth camps through his A.C. Green Youth Foundation promoting abstinence until marriage.

Others mentioned in media

Larry Becknell

Descriptions in media (2009)
  • Principal and Engineer for the resort
  • project engineer
Search notes
  • from Becknell's linkedin profile (Mar-2009): Owner, Synergy Consultants, Greater Salt Lake City Area; Education-Brigham Young University 1970 - 1976
  • from June 16, 2003 release by Stanley Consultants: joined the Salt Lake City office of Stanley Consultants, Inc., as Office Manager.... previously the city engineer for Columbus, Georgia.... also served as a Salt Lake County transportation engineer, vice president and area manager for Parsons Brinckerhoff, and as president of CRS Consulting Engineers.

Dan Starks

Descriptions in media (2009)
  • recreation director in St. George

Links