Thomas E. Bingham serves on the Workers Compensation Advisory Council and Employment Security Advisory Council under the Labor Commission of Utah as well as many other Legislative and Governor's task forces.

Before being hired as UMA president, Bingham has been the President of the Utah Mining Association since 1997 and represented the Utah Farm Bureau Federation for 25 years.

He earned a bachelor of science in agricultural economics from Utah State University and has a very broad professional expertise having served on many business, educational, and natural resource advisory groups.