NAACP Salt Lake Branch
25th Annual Dr. Martin L. King Jr., Memorial Luncheon
Little America Hotel - 500 South Main, Salt Lake City, Utah
Monday, January 19, 2009
Reception: 11:30 a.m.
Lunch: 12:00 Noon
Theme:
Speaker:
Victor N. Gibb, Esq.
Sr. Vice President and General Counsel, Deseret
Mutual Benefit Administrators,
Employment Law
Faculty Member–University of Phoenix
Victor N. Gibb is Sr. Vice-president and General Counsel of Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators wherein he manages all legal functions for this organization that administers employment benefits for major employers worldwide. As such, he addresses all employment issues applicable to workplace equity, including Equal Employment Opportunity compliance and administration. He instructs various business law courses for the University of Phoenix, with a significant role in instructing graduate and undergraduate courses in employment law. Primary components of these courses are the laws and regulations relative to Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act., as well as State labor and anti-discrimination laws.
Mr. Gibb began his legal career with The State of Utah with the Department of Business regulation, including three years with the Public Service Commission as Executive Secretary and Administrative Law Judge. As ALJ, he heard cases relative to discontinuation of utility services to residents of the State of Utah. He thereafter joined Deseret Mutual as its initial general counsel where he has led the development of its legal department for the past 29 years. He has been instrumental in building administrative structures and procedures to assure an equitable work opportunity and employment environment for its employees in Utah and Hawaii.
Mr. Gibb joined the University of Phoenix in 1985 as an adjunct faculty member, instructing classes on management, organizational development and leadership, ethics, and business and employment law. During the 23 years subsequent thereto, he has instructed many graduate and undergraduate employment law classes, helping many dozens of business managers and leaders to a positive understanding of the important role of Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity in providing an equitable and productive work environment for their employees.
Mr. Gibb was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Utah Health Insurance Pool by Governor Michael Leavitt in 1998, and has served continuously for that organization which was created and administered to provide opportunity for insurance coverage for low income and uninsured individuals and families in the State of Utah.
Mr. Gibb regularly speaks to various groups on topics relative to the US Constitution and workplace equity throughout the State of Utah.
Mr. Gibb Obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the Northwestern School of Law, a Masters of Business Administration degree from Portland State University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brigham Young University.
