Ms Rice was the Founder and President of Cavanagh Services Group, Inc., a small business that provided project/waste management and transportation logistics services to Fortune 500 companies, federal and local governments nationwide.

Ms Rice, a long-term Salt Lake City resident, grew her small business from one employee to a national company landing multi-million dollar contracts worth $100 million.

Her company received the following recognition for their work:

• 2011 Utah Business Magazine “50 Fastest-Growing Companies in Utah”
• 2010 Ernst & Young “Entrepreneurial Winning Women National Award”
• 2009 US Department of Energy “Small 8(a)/Disadvantaged Business of the Year Award”
• 2007 Mountain West Capital Network Utah 100 — “2 nd Fastest-Growing Company in Utah Award”
• 2007 Entrepreneur Magazine “50 Fastest-Growing Women-Owned Companies Award”
• 2006 Office Depot “National Business Woman of the Year Award”
• 2005 US Small Business Administration “Utah Small Business Person of the Year Award”

Ms Rice currently serves on the Board of Directors for Celtic Bank, Board of Directors of Kaddas Enterprises and the Advisory Board of One Kind Act A Day.

Ms Rice has been a member of various national women’s professional and local organizations – Women’s President Organization, Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial Winning Women, Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, Women Impacting Public Policy, Salt Lake City Women’s Business Center Renaissance Society Member, Utahns Against Hunger, Maliheh Free Clinic