Jefferson R. Moss (born July 4, 1976) is an American entrepreneur and politician who served in the

Utah House of Representatives The Utah House of Representatives is the lower house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The House is composed of 75 representatives elected from single member constituent districts. Each district cont ...

, representing the 51st district. He served as the majority leader in the House, a position he assumed on November 15, 2023 when his predecessor in that office, Mike Schultz became the House Speaker. He previously served as majority whip, also succeeding Schultz.

Early life and education

Moss is a native of

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. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from

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and a

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in entrepreneurship and finance from the

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at BYU.

Career

Jefferson Moss is the associate vice president and foundation COO at

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. He is also a member of the Utah State Board of Education. He formerly worked as a wealth management advisor at

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and as a wealth advisor at

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. Moss served as House majority leader. He was a member of the Executive Appropriations Committee, Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee, House Business and Labor Committee, and the Legislative Management Committee. Moss resigned from the Utah House in May 2025 after being appointed as director of the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity in the administration of

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Personal life

Moss resides in

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, with his wife and four children.

References

1976 births 21st-century members of the Utah Legislature Living people People from Saratoga Springs, Utah Republican Party members of the Utah House of Representatives {{Utah-politician-stub