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Derek Miller, Salt Lake Chamber and Downtown Alliance CEO and president, speaks during a press conference in Pioneer Park in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, about the changes that will be made for the 29th season of the Downtown Farmers Market in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
On a personal level, for Derek Miller the pandemic started off in style.
It was the second week of March 2020, when he and his wife boarded a Delta flight in Los Angeles bound for Orlando. The Miller family had just spent a few days vacationing at Disneyland and now Derek, the president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber, was on his way to Florida for work meetings with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.