Kason Goodrich has been named the recipient of the Quarterly Outstanding Public Service Award, according to a November 10 statement. The recognition highlights Goodrich's lifelong commitment to the Uintah Basin through various professional and civic roles.
Goodrich currently serves as a Member Service Transformation Manager for Mountain America Credit Union, where he recently helped lead the organization's core banking conversion. This project was noted as one of the largest Credit Union system transformations completed in the United States. His professional leadership has previously earned him Mountain America's highest leadership award on four separate occasions.
Prior to his career in the financial industry, Goodrich served as a Utah State Trooper. His law enforcement career included receiving both the Colonel's Award and the Commissioner's Excellence in Traffic Safety Award. While serving as a trooper, he developed a public education program for Uintah High School regarding seatbelt and impaired driving safety, and he also served as a volunteer instructor for first responder courses at UBTech.
In the civic sector, Goodrich has served as Chairman of the Uintah County Republican Party since 2023, following roles as both a State and County Delegate starting in 2019. He also serves on the Utah Republican Party State Central Committee representing Uintah County. His previous leadership roles include serving as the first Chairman of the Roosevelt Economic Development Committee and working with federal regulators and legislative leaders regarding the Uinta Basin Railway project.
Goodrich's community involvement includes serving on the longest-running jury in Utah history, which lasted two and a half years and required regular travel to the Federal Courthouse in Salt Lake City. He has also organized community disaster preparedness efforts and obtained an amateur HAM radio license to assist with emergency communications.
Born in Tridell, Utah, to Kerry and Leslie Goodrich, Kason Goodrich has spent 36 years in the Uintah Basin. He and his wife, Jennie, are parents to three sons: Asher, Trace, and Truett. Beyond his formal roles, Goodrich is involved with the Dinah-Mites and serves as a Youth Hunting Mentor with the First Hunt Foundation. He is also an Eagle Scout and a graduate of Wood Badge Leadership Training, having spent 22 years in Scouting.
