Women In Business with First Lady Abby Cox

Nourishing Your Wellbeing Through Acts of Service:

Join us for our last Women in Business Luncheon of 2024!  We are honored to have First Lady Abby Cox share the importance of service and how it can impact your wellbeing.  Through her "Show Up Utah" initiative, we can all be inspired to lift others and give back within our communities.  It surely will be a conversation that nourishes your soul!

Abby Cox, First Lady, State of Utah
Abby Palmer Cox became Utah’s first lady when her husband Spencer J. Cox was sworn in as governor on Jan. 4, 2021. She and Gov. Cox, her high school sweetheart, have been married for 26 years.  
As Utah’s first lady, Abby hopes to inspire Utahns to break down the barriers that separate people from treating one another as equals. She is an outspoken advocate for “getting proximate,” connecting through our differences, and combating the empathy crisis our country is facing.
Abby’s initiative is called “Show Up,” and she uses her platform to convene, contribute to, and champion projects related to emotional self-reliance, service, foster care and sporting opportunities for children who live with intellectual disabilities.
Born and raised in the small rural town of Mt. Pleasant, Utah, Abby grew up on the Palmer family ranch where the values of hard work and grit were a way of life. Her parents are Ken and Charlene Palmer, and she has seven sisters and two brothers.
Both she and Spencer graduated from North Sanpete High School and Snow College. He followed her to Utah State University where she earned her degree in Special Education with a dual emphasis in Early Childhood and Severe Disabilities.