Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gestures to the crowd as he’s introduced during the National Governors Association’s 2024 Summer Meeting held at The Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 12, 2024.

What Utah leaders thought was a long shot became a reality.

Zelenskyy spoke to the United State's governors at the NGA's 2024 Summer Meeting, held in Salt Lake City at the Grand America Hotel, where he was introduced by the group's outgoing chair, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy honored Jonathan Freedman, President & CEO of World Trade Center Utah, on Thursday, Sept. 21, in Washington D.C. with the Ukrainian Order of Merit award.