Utah’s governor appoints a businessman and NAACP vice president to the state Board of Education

(Photo courtesy of the Office of the Governor) Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has appointed Shawn Newell, pictured, to fill a vacancy on the Utah State Board of Education.

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