Corey Fairholm brings over two decades of dedicated advocacy and a deep understanding of the educational landscape to the Advocates for School Trust Lands board. As the Immediate Past President of the Utah PTA, Corey represents a constituency of more than 77,000 members, serving as a vital bridge between the technical management of school trust lands and the classroom beneficiaries they support.
Corey's journey in advocacy began more than 22 years ago as a volunteer when her eldest daughter entered kindergarten. That grassroots commitment evolved into state-level leadership, where she has been a tireless champion for student well-being and teacher support. Her perspective is rooted in the belief that every student deserves the resources to succeed — a conviction fueled by the transformative impact teachers have had on her own family's life.
A seasoned legislative strategist, Corey has been instrumental in advancing policies that protect the "corpus" of the permanent fund while maximizing its benefits for current students. Her focus on perpetual stewardship ensures that school trust lands remain a sustainable, high-impact resource for this generation of students and those to come.
On the ASTL board she contributes both the legislative-relationships map she has built over twenty years and the volunteer-leader's insistence that complicated trust-policy questions be translated back into terms parents, principals, and school-board members can act on.