Both seasoned civic leaders, Utah Governor Spencer Cox and Judge Thomas Griffith have spent much of their lives listening to and dialoguing with diverse viewpoints. These two were passionate in their advocacy for disagreement with civility and kindness, and did an amazing job pointing a path forward in all areas of society where we find ourselves opposite someone else on an important issue.
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Gov. Spencer J. Cox is a husband, father to four children, a sixth-generation Utahn, and the 18th governor of the state of Utah. His administration has helped navigate the state through the immense challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and a historic drought, with Gov. Cox serving as a consistent voice of civility, finding common ground, and working across the aisle. Coming from rural roots, he attended Snow College, Utah State University, and the Washington and Lee University School of Law, before being elected to multiple public office positions. Gov. Cox has sought to secure funds for affordable housing, promote suicide prevention and expand mental health resources, launch the Utah Sustainable Health Collaborative, and implement water conservation and infrastructure planning efforts. He and his wife, First Lady Abby Cox, met in highschool, marrying just after he returned from serving a mission in Mexico.
Thomas B. Griffith was a judge on the U. S. Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit from 2004-2020. Currently he is a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, a Fellow at the Wheatley Institution at Brigham Young University, Special Counsel to the international law firm of Hunton Andrews Kurth, and Senior Policy Advisor to the National Institute for Civil Discourse. His most recent writings have appeared in the Harvard Law Review, the Yale Law Journal, and BYU Studies.
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