PARK CITY, UTAH (September 9, 2026) – Since 2015, the Trisha J. Worthington Community Service Award has recognized a member of the Park City and Summit County community who has dedicated extraordinary time and talent to charitable work. Park City Community Foundation is pleased to announce Sally Cousins Elliott as the 2026 recipient, named during the Community Foundation’s annual Grants Celebration on the evening of September 9.

Don Roll, who nominated Elliott for the award, put it best: “Sally has devoted much of her adult life to making Park City and Summit County a better place.”

Her record of public service includes terms on the Park City Council and the Summit County Commission and Council, along with board leadership, often as chair, of organizations including the Utah Quality Growth Commission, Preservation Utah, the Park City Chamber of Commerce, Mountain Trails Foundation, Utah Open Lands, the Utah Women’s Political Caucus, and the Park City Museum, as well as Recycle Utah, an organization she helped bring about through early conversations in 1988.

In 2015, Elliott co-founded the Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History, an all-volunteer group dedicated to preserving Park City’s mining structures and history. Under her leadership, the group has helped save 14 mining structures, with the Thaynes Mine complex currently in progress. Her advocacy also helped secure listings on the National Register of Historic Places for local mining structures. She has also written extensively about Park City history for the Park City Museum, Park City Magazine, and other publications.

Outside of her professional appointments, Sally was one of the founders of the Park City Garden Club and has been a volunteer for the Park City Ski Education Foundation, the National Ability Center, and many of the organizations listed above, including the Park City Museum and Preservation Utah.

Elliott’s contributions have been recognized with numerous honors, including the Sierra Club’s Utah Political Leader of the Year in 2007, Recycle Utah’s Recycler of the Year in 2012, and the Park City Board of Realtors’ Community Service Award in 2010. In 2024, she received both the Lucybeth Rampton Lifetime Achievement Award from Preservation Utah and the Park City Chamber of Commerce’s Myles Rademan Spirit of Hospitality Award.

“Each year we look for someone whose generosity has helped shape this community. Sally Elliott is a shining example,” said Tim Fellow, Community Fund Steering Committee member. “Since the 1980s, Elliott’s service as community leader, historical champion, and volunteer has significantly shaped the community fabric, public infrastructure, and mining landmarks of our area.”

The Trisha J. Worthington award is named for the Community Foundation’s founding Executive Director. Nominations are submitted publicly each August and reviewed by the Community Fund Steering Committee. As part of the award, Park City Community Foundation will grant $1,000 to a nonprofit organization of Elliott’s choosing.

Media Contact: Megan Fleming, Park City Community Foundation
megan@parkcitycf.org
970.948.8710

About Park City Community Foundation: The Community Foundation helps solve our area’s greatest challenges. It cares for and invests in our people, place, and culture by bringing together local nonprofits, donors, and community leaders to contribute financial resources and innovative ideas to benefit all the people of Park City—now and in the future. As the home of Live PC Give PC, Women’s Giving Fund, Zero Food Waste, and other important initiatives, the Community Foundation has generated more than $96.3 million in total impact to the greater Park City community and Summit County since its inception in 2007. Learn more about donating, volunteering, fundraising, and getting involved at parkcitycf.org