Jaimi Butler is the coordinator of the Great Salt Lake Institute, housed at Westminster College. Despite the Great Salt Lakes’ reputation for being inhospitable, Jaimi fell in love with the lake and made it her place. After graduating with her Fisheries and Wildlife degree from Utah State University in 1999 Jaimi has helped increase knowledge and shape perceptions of the Lake through work in the private sector, government, and academia. Jaimi can barely remember a time when she wasn’t using airplanes, boats, four-wheelers, airboats, and stand up paddle boards to get around one of Utah’s most amazing ecosystems. Jaimi’s primary areas of studies include the brine shrimp and bird populations that thrive at the lake. When she’s not knee deep in salty water doing research or lost in grant documents, Jaimi and her students are likely educating the community about the importance of the lake.