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Latter-day Profiles is a collaborative effort of students, faculty and staff at Brigham Young University-Idaho. The program features in-depth interviews with noteworthy members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Guests range from leaders in business and industry to educators, to musicians and authors to volunteers. All have stories to tell that are interesting, informative and thought-provoking. Latter-day Profiles is produced by students in coordination with faculty and sta ...
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Rob Eaton is a faculty member in the Religious Education Department at BYU Idaho. He is the author of “Improving Learning and Mental Health in the Classroom.” Rob has served as an institute director and seminary teacher, a bishop, in a stake presidency, and as a mission president in the Washington Federal Way mission, and previously oversaw Pathway…
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Kurt Francom is the founder and executive director of Leading Saints and manages the day-to-day efforts of Leading Saints, and is the host of the podcast. Kurt graduated from the University of Utah in 2008 with a degree in Business Marketing. He ran a web development company for five years before focusing on Leading Saints full-time. Kurt currently…
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A storyteller, technologist, and entrepreneur with expertise in multiple mediums, Adam Sidwell is the Founder and Creative Director of the Future House family of companies. Future House Studios and Future House Publishing work in concert together to develop creative content for the Metaverse: Virtual Reality, animation, games, books, film, televisi…
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Tammy Uzelac Hall is the author of “Far Above Rubies: The Power and Promise of a Covenant-Keeping Woman. She is the host of the LDS Living podcast, “Sunday on Monday,” a weekly podcast focused on Come, Follow Me. she and her husband are the parents to four girls. She is a host for Time Out for Women, a featured speaker at Temple Square Youth Confer…
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Taylor Ricks is the author of Everyday Disciples: Lessons Learned from Unnamed Scripture Stories. She is the mother of four amazing children: one daughter and three sons. Taylor has spent time as a foster parent and now volunteers with the Utah Down Syndrome Foundation to help children and families touched by Down syndrome in honor of her son Zane,…
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David Weidman is the Managing Director of the Missionary Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was formerly chairman and CEO of Celanese Corporation, a $6.4 billion global integrated chemical company. Before this appointment, he was vice chairman of the Celanese AG Board of Management and COO of Celanese AG. He joined Ce…
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Erin Willder is the managing editor at BYU Continuing Education, where she oversees a large team of editors who work on hundreds of online courses. She also serves on the division’s digital accessibility committee and generates content for organic and paid media. A founding member of Latter-day Saint Publishing and Media Association, Erin currently…
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Lisa Valentine Clark is a writer, actress, and the host of The Lisa Show on BYU radio. She is a founding member of the theater-as-improv comedy troupe, The Thrillionaries; a writer, producer, and actress on the film Once I Was a Beehive; a host for 3 seasons on the TV show Random Acts; and a star in the BYUtv production Show Offs. She is the mother…
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Jason Wright is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author. Jason is a columnist for Fox News, TheBlaze, Deseret News, and the Northern Virginia Daily. Articles by Jason have appeared in over 50 other newspapers and magazines across the United States, including The Washington Times, The Chicago Tribune, and Forbes. He i…
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Clint Pulver is an Emmy Award-winning motivational keynote speaker, author, musician, and workforce expert. He is the author of "I Love It Here: How Great Leaders Create Organizations Their People Never Want To Leave." A Professional Drummer for over 20 years, he's played with top headlining fellow musicians in venues like the Vivint Arena, the Sta…
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Reid Moon is the owner of Moon’s Rare Books in Provo, Utah. Moon graduated from BYU in 1985. After 30 years of running Moon’s Rare Books in Dallas, Texas, he decided to return to Provo. His beautiful bookshop is located in The Shops at Riverwoods in Provo. It’s really a museum disguised as a bookshop. About half of the items on display are for sale…
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For the Truman Brothers, music and the gospel are in their DNA, Sons of Dan Truman of Diamond Rio and Nashville Tribute Band fame and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, they spent their formative years in green rooms, backstages, and tour buses as well as sacrament meetings and Young Men activities. Their pedigree would suggest an automatic attraction…
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Kerry Muhlestein is an associate professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University. He received his B.S. from BYU in psychology with a Hebrew minor, spending time in the intensive Hebrew program at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies. He then proceeded to receive an M.A. in ancient Near Eastern studies from BYU and a Ph.D. in…
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Kate Holbrook, PhD is a leading voice in the study of Latter-day Saint women and Latter-day Saint foodways. As managing historian of women’s history at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints history department, she writes, studies, and interprets history full-time. Her major research interests are religion, gender, and food.…
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Kathy Aiken is a former broadcast journalist. She began reporting with the Utah Jazz in 1987 and five years later joined the staff of KSL-TV as the first female sports anchor in Utah. She worked as a producer, reporter, and anchor for KSL Sports. While at KSL, Aiken also anchored the Mormon Times program for over a year and worked on projects for t…
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After a chance meeting with an inspired fellow artist, Kate modified her initial artistic direction to focus on works of inspirational watercolor. With a minimalistic style that conveys powerful family and gospel messages, Kate Lee speaks to us through her art when words are insufficient. Kate and her husband, Mike, live in Utah with their two boys…
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Derral is Executive Producer of The Chosen, the #1 highest crowd-funded video project in history. Derral is a video marketing expert, coach, and speaker. He consults some of the biggest YouTubers in the world on audience development and data-driven strategies. https://derraleves.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/derraleves https://latterdayprofiles.or…
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Jon Jeppson is a retired lawyer, former mission president, stake president, and member of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. Bonnie Jeppson has served as a stake and ward Young Women president and many other callings. Together Jon and Bonnie have endured many trials including cancer, the loss of family members, and other challenges, all the whi…
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Keith A. Erekson is an award-winning author, teacher, and public historian. Since 2014 he has worked for the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, directing the Church History Library and encouraging historical outreach and public engagement. He also serves on the editorial board of the Church Historian’s Pre…
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Mark J. Kohler, M.Pr.A., C.P.A., J.D., is a best-selling author, national speaker, radio show host, writer, and video personality for Entrepreneur.com, real estate investor, senior partner in the law firm Kyler, Kohler, Ostermiller & Sorensen, and the accounting firm of Kohler & Eyre, CPAs. Mark is a personal and small business tax and legal expert…
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As an artistic director of Living Legends and a producer for Young Ambassadors, both performing groups at BYU, Janielle Christensen has traveled around the world, bringing uplifting family entertainment to millions through live and televised productions. Under Christensen’s direction, Living Legends has toured and performed throughout Europe, China…
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Jeff Wheeler took early retirement from his career at Intel in 2014 to write full-time. He is a husband, father of five, and a devout member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Jeff lives in the Rocky Mountains. His books have been on the Wall Street Journal Bestseller list 5 times (for The Thief’s Daughter, The King’s Traitor, The …
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An experienced businesswoman with a zest for life, Tiffany Peterson is capable of relating her ideas to many spheres in life. Focusing on the ways in which people think about experiences and interpret events, she is motivated to help people reach their fullest personal potential. Educated at the University of Utah, Tiffany later became a respected …
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President Kauwe served as chair of the biology department and dean of graduate studies at Brigham Young University. He is an internationally recognized researcher who specializes in Alzheimer’s disease genetics. He has deep roots in Hawaii; spent several years of his childhood on the islands of Kaua’i, O’ahu, and Moloka’i; and graduated from Moloka…
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Charlie Bird was Cosmo the Cougar at Brigham Young University from 2016 to 2018. He received national acclaim for his multiple dance performances with the BYU Cougarettes. As Cosmo, he performed across the country, including the ESPN College Football Awards and on America's Got Talent. 2017 was dubbed "Year of the Mascot" by NBC Sports in honor of …
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Meg Johnson is a founding partner for Jumping Turtle LLC and Our Turtle House. Her work as an influencer has touched many on a local, national, and international level and Meg is a recipient of the Athena Leadership Award. Meg was a ballroom dancer and professional party planner. Then a weekend trip changed it all and Meg was paralyzed on March 6, …
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Carmen Rasmusen Herbert was a Top 6 finalist on the second season of FOX’s “American Idol” in 2003. She has appeared on many talk and entertainment shows including David Letterman, the Today show, MSNBC, and Good Morning America. Carmen co-wrote, recorded, and released an album in 2007 called, “Nothin’ Like the Summer” with an award-winning hit sin…
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Jorge Cocco Santangelo is an artist who works with painting, sculpture, lithograph, etching, and ceramics. Painting is his preferred medium. He also is skilled in washi zokey, art created with handmade paper. He paints in a new artistic style he calls "Sacrocubism," which he says portrays sacred events with several features of the Post-Cubist movem…
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Garth Smith was born in Brigham City, Utah, and currently resides with his wife and family in Bentonville, Arkansas. He graduated from BYU with a degree in design engineering technology, and he’s worked extensively in the Church’s youth and missionary programs. He’s released multiple CDs and performs widely on behalf of Bonneville Communications. H…
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