Among the next moves are rolling out a new strategy to attract corporate headquarters and regional headquarters; pushing programs to meet the needs of companies for more engineers; finding ways to provide health-care coverage to the 275,000 uninsured Utahns; providing a "seamless transition" for students moving from secondary education to higher education; and getting Utahns to feel good about the state's accomplishments.

Huntsman noted several recent honors the state has received for its business climate, including one in which it led the country in economic dynamism. "When you become No. 1 in dynamism," he said, "you know something very special is happening in your state."

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