Robin Loy Riggs

Profile Updated: January 12, 2012
Robin Loy Riggs
Where do you live now? Sandy, UT USA
Spouse/Partner: Patricia Paulsen Riggs
What do you do now and how did you get into that? Attorney, Consultant, Business Owner
Kids? Married late and have six young children. The first four are from my wife Patricia's previous marriage More…- James Parry, 19, Peter, 17, Elizabeth, 14, Hans, 12. Have two biological children: 5-year-old twin girls Ruby and Annie.

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Attended U of U for one year then served an LDS Mission to France-Belgium. Finished at the U, graduating in 1977 with Honors B.A. in English. Law School and Masters of Public Administration at BYU, graduating in 1982. Serve on several community boards. Currently owner of government relations consulting firm, Captus Global. Former EVP / General Counsel of Salt Lake Chamber.
High school story and favorite high school memories (i.e. secret crush, embarrassing moment, funniest thing you did in high school, favorite high school hangout, favorite teachers)

Loved fries, grilled cheese, and Cherry Coke for breakfast at Pete's. Flexible scheduling was fantastic. Favorite faculty = Lefty Bennett, Q Croft, Coach Dick Milne. Debate. Madrigals. Taking state in basketball. Lots of secret and not-so-secret crushes. Mis-read names at graduation. Had I known being a class officer was a life-time commitment I never would have run. :)

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Do you still have family around Salt Lake?

Yes

Do you still see/hang out with/or talk to any of our classmates?

Yes, several.

What did you want to do or think that you were going to do when you finished high school?

Law.

What did you do right after high school?

U of U.

Past jobs?

First law job was Associate General Counsel to the Utah Legislature. Became General Counsel to Governor Mike Leavitt in 1992. Co-founded RRJ Consulting in 1997. US West/Qwest from 1997 to 2003. Since 2003 have been at Salt Lake Chamber plus Riggs Consulting, Riggs Properties, WebBank, CP Fuels, Point West Ventures.

What did you always want to do that you haven't done yet?

Write a book and a screenplay.

High points of your life since high school?

LDS Mission to France and Belgium. Marriage and children. Post graduate education. General Counsel to the Governor of Utah. Utah President of Qwest.

Married? To who? When? For how long?

Married Patricia Paulsen in 2005. Best decision I ever made.

Grandkids?

None yet.

What do you do in your spare time?

What spare time?

Any vices?

Apple fritters. Ice cream.

Travel much?

Yes. All over the U.S. Went to China in October 2009. Been to Europe 4 times, Mexico twice, Canada 4 times, Bahamas. Planning on New York City, Carribean, Israel, Spain, more China, Australia, Brazil, Europe again, British Isles.

What's the farthest you've ever been from home?

China.

Favorite place to go?

Hawaii. LDS History locales. Florida. So Cal.

Places you want to go?

Too many to name.

How old do you feel?

Some days 30, some days 70.

Any gray hair yet?

Yes.

Did you have any nicknames in school or do you have any now?

Round Robin in high school. None now.

What is your favorite memory of East High?

Great friends.

Least favorite East High memory?

Bad grades when I didn't apply myself.

Biggest thing you would do differently if you went back to your time at East?

Study harder and bring GPA up.

Have you ever gone on a blind date? Skipped school? Watched someone die? Been lost?

Yes to all.

Have you ever cried yourself to sleep? Swam in the ocean? Played cops and robbers or cowboys and Indians?

Yes to all.

Have you ever made prank phone calls? Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose? Danced your heart out?

Yes to all.

Have you ever written a letter to Santa Claus? Been kissed under the mistletoe? Watched the sunrise with someone?

Yes to all.

Have you ever blown bubbles? Gone ice skating?

Yes to all.

Have you ever been skinny dipping outdoors? Sat outside in the rain?

No. Yes.

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