The Salt Lake City City Council minutes, as summarized by The Utah Ledger, name Victoria Petro among the members voting no on 6 agenda items. Minutes do not always record each member's vote, so this list does not show how Victoria Petro voted on other items. On a motion to deny, table or continue, a no vote is a vote against that motion. It is not a score or a rating.
5-2; Council Members Victoria Petro-Eschler and Ana Valdemoros voted no
Moved by Council Member Daniel Dugan, seconded by Council Member Chris Wharton
From council minutes collected by The Utah Ledger; each item links to the meeting page and its official minutes.
Music, international studies and nonprofits
Victoria Petro earned a music-therapy degree at East Carolina University, a musicology master’s at Brandeis University and an international-studies master’s at North Carolina State University. She also completed a nonprofit-management certificate at Duke University. Her career has included nonprofit leadership and consulting on inclusion and accessibility, combining arts training with organizational and community-development work.[1]
Westside representation and leadership
Petro represents District 1, including Rose Park, Jordan Meadows, Westpointe and part of Fairpark. She first joined the council in November 2021, then began a full elected term in January 2022. Her colleagues selected her as vice chair in 2023 and chair in 2024. Her official biography also identifies prior service on the city’s Historic Landmark Commission and cultural-organization boards.[1]
Business and regional responsibilities
Petro’s city biography identifies her as executive director of the Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, supporting Hispanic-owned businesses and partnerships. She also represents the city on the Fairpark investment district, Utah Inland Port Authority and airport boards. Those assignments connect Westside representation with major economic-development institutions and infrastructure, while her stated approach emphasizes community participation and equitable growth.[1]
Community-building through the arts
The chamber’s professional profile describes Petro’s earlier leadership of Salty Cricket, a nonprofit using music to strengthen community connections and amplify young people’s voices. It also identifies civic work with Utahns for Culture and the Utah Cultural Alliance. That record adds an organizational example of the arts and community-development work underlying her current municipal and business-community roles.[2]
Profile sources
Profile refreshed October 20, 2026. Candidate statements describe the candidate's own experience or positions; official records and reporting are labeled separately.
