Biography of D. Kent Michie

On January 5, 2005, Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. appointed Mr. D. Kent Michie as Insurance Commissioner in the Utah Insurance Department.
          Mr. Michie is a native of Utah and was educated in Salt Lake City. He graduated from the University of Utah with a B.A. in Banking and Finance.  He has 35 years experience in Utah business, specifically in the investment banking industry with the last sixteen years as Vice President of Zions Bank Public Finance. His investment banking career has given him deep experience and understanding of the Utah economy, local governments’ capital projects and budgets, as well as the state’s capital budget and infrastructure development program.
          Mr. Michie served as State Financial Advisor from 1984 to 2005. He provided the creative concept for the development of the Utah School Bond Guaranty Program, which provides the state’s AAA bond guaranty to the bonds of Utah’s 40 school districts saving Utah property taxpayers millions of dollars. Mr. Michie served a four-year term as a member of the Salt Lake City Board of Education. He is past President of the Wasatch Front Economic Forum.
          Commissioner Michie is an active member of the NAIC, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners where is serves as a member of the Executive Committee. He is also Vice Chairman of the Financial Accreditation Committee and a member of the Health and Managed Care Committee.
           He is married to the former Barbara Gruman of Schenectady, New York. The Michies have four children and six grandchildren, all living in Utah.