2024 Utah First-year consortium keynote

The 2024 Utah First-Year Consortium "First-Year Experience Revival: Exploring Eras Shaping the Future of FYE in the State of Utah" is pleased to announce that Tom Hurtado will be this year's keynote speaker.

 Tom Hurtado serves as Senior Director of Student Affairs and Professional Development at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah. Over the past 17 years, he has held various leadership positions in higher education and performed research related to student leadership development, co-curricular involvement, and professional identity formation for graduate populations. He is Co-Director of the RealMD program and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. He is also Co-Lead of the AAMC’s Annual RISE Leadership conference which convenes national cohorts of medical students. He received a doctoral degree in Organizational Change and Leadership at the University of Southern California.