USU - Key Persons
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- President and CEO Executive Vice President
- President and CEO of Questar Gas Company
Alan Allred is the president and CEO of Questar Gas Company and executive vice president of Questar Corporation. Questar is a natural gas energy company with three subsidiaries: Market Resources, which includes gas and oil exploration, development and production; Questar Pipeline, which handles interstate gas transportation and storage; and Questar Gas for retail gas distribution. Mr. Allred, who joined Questar in 1978, previously served as executive vice president and COO of Questar Gas Company. Mr. Allred earned his bachelor's degree in finance with a minor in economics from Utah State University in 1974 and a master's degree in systems management from the University of Southern California. He is a retired member of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business National Advisory Board.
Mr. Allred and his wife are supporters of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, most recently to the National Advisory Board Scholarship. Questar Corporation has set up an education foundation for USU which is focused on scholarships programmatic support.
His spouse, Kathy, received a bachelor's degree in English in 1972 from USU. Mr. and Mrs. Allred have five children, two of them, Mark and Sara, are also USU grads. They reside in Kaysville, Utah.
Joe Armstrong earned a bachelor's degree in production management in 1971 and a master's of accounting in 1973, both from Utah State University, later earning a CPA license in California. For the last several decades he served as an executive for both public and private companies. He has had primary responsibility for ensuring that two companies were listed on the NASDAQ and has raised over $200 million in equity. He has been involved in founding, purchasing, merging, selling, integrating and restructuring numerous other companies. Mr. Armstrong was affiliated with State of the Art, Inc., the nation's largest manufacturer of small business accounting software, for approximately 15 years. Most recently, Joe was involved in successfully restructuring over $80 million in debt to common equity for Sorrento Networks Corp., a leading supplier of telecommunication equipment. The company's turn-around prompted PricewaterhouseCoopers to select Mr. Armstrong as a finalist for the telecom industry's "CFO of the Year" in 2003.
Besides rock-and-roll posters, Mr. Armstrong owns original art posters from Czech artist Alphonse Mucha and even has a Tiffany lamp on his home office desk.
His spouse, Linda, received a bachelor's degree in clothing and textiles with a minor in business administration from USU in 1973. They reside in Dana Point, California, and support the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business National Advisory Board Scholarship.
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- Client and Affiliate Relations Manager
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- Professional Practice Instructor, Project Mentor for the Analytics Solution Center
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- Undergraduate Advisor - China Cooperative Academic Programs
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- Program Coordinator of the Center for Entrepreneurship
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- Statewide Community Outreach Manager, Utah Women & Leadership Project
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- Office Assistant
- Office Worker
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- Department Head and George S. Eccles Endowed Chair in Finance
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- Building and Venue Coordinator
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- President
- President of Bullen 's Inc.
Bill Bullen is president of Bullen's Inc. His father Charles William Bullen, Sr. is the owner and founder. Bullen's Inc is an agricultural supply and irrigation implement company serving small and medium scale farmers of the Cache Valley in Utah and in Southern Idaho for over 30 years. His company provides alfalfa and corn seed as well as irrigation equipment from several vendors in the U.S. and remains a chief resource for farmers in the area. Bill has served on several boards in Cache Valley, including the IHC Logan Regional Hospital Board.
Bill is an active member in alumni events with his fraternity, Sigma Chi, and was a member of the ROTC Army during college. He has five children, two of whom are Aggies. Chris (attender) & Charles Bullen, III, who graduated with a B.S. in marketing in 1999 from USU. Bill's wife, Margaret (or Marty for short), is also a USU alumnus. She earned a BS in English in 1966 and currently works as a contract manager for CAPSA. Bill and Marty reside in Logan, Utah. They support the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business National Advisory Board Scholarship.
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- Member of the Leadership Center Advisory Board
Boyd Baugh founded Pivot Interiors in 1973. Pivot Interiors is considered one of the industry's leading office furniture dealers. They were recognized as the largest Herman Miller dealer in the country. They have three offices located in the San Francisco, Pleasanton and San Jose, California, areas. Clients include most of the Silicon Valley success stories, including Apple, eBay, Gap, Oracle, Roche and Safeway. Clients range from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies in every industry including healthcare, government, biotech and education. The company provides services in facilities management and space planning through furniture selection, design, project scheduling, move management and warehousing. They have recently begun offering asset and inventory management. Mr. Baugh's son, Ken, currently runs Pivot Interiors. Mr. Baugh is a past president of Office Furniture Dealers Alliance and served on its Board of Governors. He served on the Board of Directors for Independent Office Products Association, Employers Group of California and Office Furniture Dealer Association. He is also a past president of the USU Alumni chapter in the Bay Area.
Mr. Baugh and his wife, Donna, are both Aggies. He received his bachelor's degree in business management with a minor in economics in 1957. Mrs. Baugh received her bachelor's degree in elementary education in 1968. They reside in Los Altos Hills, California.
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- Professional Practice Professor of Leadership & Strategy, Executive MBA Director
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- Executive Director of the Covey Leadership Center
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- Lecturer and Director, Professional Master of Human Resource Program
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- Lecturer and Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship - USU Uintah Basin
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- Lecturer, Project Mentor for the Analytics Solution Center
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- Corporate Relations Specialist
- Corporate Relations Specialist / Industry
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- Professor of Strategy and MBA Program Director
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- Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor
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- Professional Practice Assistant Professor
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- President and Chief Executive Officer of Anini Vista Advisors
- Retired President
Charlie Denson is President and Chief Executive Officer of Anini Vista Advisors, and also serves on the board of Funko, Inc., and on the board of directors of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. After receiving his marketing degree from Utah State, Charlie spent 35 years at Nike, beginning as the assistant store manager in Portland in 1979, and serving as president of Nike Brand for 13 years. His career at Nike included time as vice president of United States and European sales, and as general manager of Nike USA. As president of the Nike Brand, Denson was responsible for leading the strategy of one of the world's most distinctive brands. He oversaw all aspects of the global direction for the company's consumer categories, including Actions Sports, Basketball, Football (Soccer), Men's Training, Running, Sportswear and Women's Training, as well as the Jordan Brand and Nike Golf. An innovator in developing sales and distribution strategies, Denson was a driving force in Nike's global growth as the company expanded into approximately 190 countries. He pioneered Nike's growth in China, India and Brazil.
An avid Aggie fan, Denson was instrumental in Utah State's unveiling of its new athletics brand and identity program in the spring of 2012. Denson received an Honorary Doctorate degree from Utah State University in 2013.
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- Department Head and Professor
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- Department Head and David B. Haight Endowed Professor of Analytics, Executive Director of the Analytics Solution Center
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- Executive in Residence, Senior Fellow, Covey Leadership Center
Co-Author, "Live Life in Crescendo: Your Most Important Work is Always Ahead of You",
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- Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy
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- Co - Founder
- Managing Member
- Managing Member of Strata Fund Solutions, LLC
Darren Benson is a managing member of Strata Fund Solutions, LLC (Strata), a company he co-founded in 2008. Strata is an investment fund administrator located in Salt Lake City, Utah providing accounting, tax and operational compliance and consulting services to the hedge fund and private equity fund industry. He currently directs the strategic planning of Strata as well as oversees tax and compliance services.
From 2008 through 2009, Darren served as Chief Financial Officer for Sire Management Corporation (SMC), a fund of hedge funds group located in New York City. Prior to SMC, he worked for J.D. Clark & Company (JDC) from 1997 through 2007 where he served as Managing Director from 2003 to 2006 and as President from 2006 through 2007. As President, he oversaw the operations of JDC and helped guide it through a period of tremendous growth in revenue and assets under administration.
Darren received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Master of Accounting degrees from Utah State University (USU) in 1995 and 1996, respectively. He is a Certified Public Accountant. Darren serves on the board of The Shim Hill Education Foundation which provides educational guidance and financial support for underprivileged youth from developing countries to obtain quality educations.
Both Darren and his wife Brigeta (English '94) are graduates of USU. They have five children with one currently attending USU.
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- Associate Dean for Student & External Affairs and Executive Director, Huntsman Scholar Program
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- Member of the Founders
- Founding Partner, R & R Environmental, Inc
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- Professional Practice Associate Professor
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- Dean and Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Chair
- Endowed Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship
- Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship
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- Member of the Leadership Center Advisory Board
Douglas R. Conant is a New York Times bestselling author and keynote speaker with over 25 years of leadership experience in world-class global companies. In 2011, he founded ConantLeadership, a growing community of people dedicated to improving the quality of leadership in the 21st century. Deeply committed to leadership, he also serves as Chairman of the Kellogg Executive Leadership Institute (KELI) at Northwestern University as well as Chairman of Avon Products.
From 2001 to 2011, Conant served as CEO and President of the Campbell Soup Company. He was the 11th leader of this iconic company's 141-year history - faced with reversing a precipitous decline in market value. Conant dramatically transformed the global leadership team, reconfigured the portfolio, cut costs, and made integral strategic investments. These visionary changes resulted in cumulative shareholder returns in the top tier of the global food industry. Conant's mission to achieve superior employee engagement levels was a crucial contributor to the company's exemplary performance. Under his leadership, employee engagement at Campbell Soup went from being among the worst in the Fortune 500 to being consistently among the best. The company was also celebrated as a leader in social responsibility and ethical leadership during his tenure. A lifelong advocate for ethical practices and corporate responsibility, Conant remains actively involved with many non-profits and advocacy programs.
Conant earned his BA degree from Northwestern University and his MBA from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. Before serving as CEO of Campbell Soup, Conant worked for three of the world's best food companies. He began in marketing at General Mills, held leadership positions in marketing and strategy at Kraft, and served as President of the Nabisco Foods Company where he led his team to five consecutive years of double-digit earnings growth.
Conant speaks widely to people and organizations on effective and enduring leadership practices for the modern age. He is the co-author with Mette Norgaard of the New York Times bestseller "Touchpoints: Creating Powerful Leadership Connections in the Smallest of Moments." He is a featured blogger on leadership issues at Harvard Business Review online and also writes extensively about leadership on the ConantLeadership Slog and Linkedln.
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- Chief
- Co - Founder
- Member of the Leadership Center Advisory Board
- Officer
- Co - Founder and Chief Spiritual Officer, Ken Blanchard Companies
Dr. Ken Blanchard is the co-founder and Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies, an international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife, Margie Blanchard, began in 1979 in San Diego, California. In addition to being a renowned speaker, author, and consultant, Ken is a trustee emeritus of the Board of Trustees at his alma mater, Cornell University, and he also teaches students in the Master of Science in Executive Leadership Program at the University of San Diego.
Born in New Jersey and raised in New York, Ken received his master's degree from Colgate University and his bachelor's and doctorate degrees from Cornell University.
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- Chief Information Officer
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- Member of the Leadership Center Advisory Board
- President and CEO, Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute
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- Senior Associate Dean and Professor
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- Principal Lecturer and IMA Advisor
Gary Anderson was born in Brigham City, Utah, to DeLonne and Margaret Anderson. He graduated from Box Elder High School and received his bachelor's degree in accounting from Utah State University. He is married to Debby Phillips Anderson.
After graduating from USU in 1978, Mr. Anderson went into marketing working for the Pillsbury Company out of Salt Lake City and Denver. He worked as a territory and regional sales manager for many years. He then went to work as an account executive for Scope Marketing and Sales, a regional food broker located in Salt Lake City. His primary responsibilities included working with marketing and merchandising directors from Smith's and Albertson's and independent grocery warehouses like Associated Foods and Fleming for new product development and schematic design. With connections in the grocery business, Mr. Anderson was asked in 1992 to become involved part-time with a promising new product that was about to be launched, Stephen's Gourmet Sipping Hot Cocoa. Part-time quickly became full-time and in September 1992 Mr. Anderson became president of Excellent Foods, Inc., a marketing company with the purpose of getting this remarkable cocoa into the market. It only took four years for Stephen's to go, literally, from the basement to the number one cocoa in the intermountain region, a position it still maintains. In September of 1993, Excellent Foods purchased Excel Blending and Packaging, the powder facility where Stephen's was manufactured. Excel's customers were those who needed powder nutritional products developed and manufactured. Excellent Foods went from five employees to 60 and from sales of $280,000 to $3,000,000. Through aggressive yet careful planning, Excellent Foods, Inc. grew to over $20,000,000 by 1998.
In 1999 Excellent Foods, Inc. merged with Modern Health Strategies to create Cornerstone Nutritional Labs, LLC located in Farmington. Modern Health's expertise was in encapsulation and tabulating and with Excellent Foods powder capabilities, they could offer customers a full range of products. Mr. Anderson sold C.N. Labs in 2004 and Stephen's Gourmet Kitchens in 2005.
Mr. Anderson has extensive knowledge of retail management, new product development, and marketing. He also has significant experience in human resource management and compensation/benefits design. He recently served on the advisory board of Altius Health Care. He has been involved with SHRM and the American Marketing Association. He is also the managing partner for Cheever Capital, a venture capital group. His latest business adventure is selling gourmet coffee bars in Wal-Mart, currently being sold in Texas and California.
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- External Relations Coordinator
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- Managing Partner
- Member of the Founders
- Managing Partner, AIM Ventura Capital Fund
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- Member of the Founders
- Co - Founder, CoveyLink
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- Associate Professor of Research
- Endowed Associate Professor of Research
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- Program Administrator, Master of Human Resource Programs
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- Event Coordinator
- Events Coordinator
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- Development Director
- Senior Director of Development
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- Member of the Leadership Center Advisory Board
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- Professor in Public Choice
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- Admissions Advisor
- Recruiting Manager
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- Director
- Buehler Endowed Professor of Management and Marketing and Strategy Department Head
- Department Head
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- Director - China Cooperative Academic Programs and Associate Professor
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- CEO
- Chairman
- Executive Leadership Speaker Series
Jeff Clark started J. D. Clark & Company and the Praesideo Funds in January of 1991. J. D. Clark provides administrative, tax, financial accounting and compliance solutions for hedge funds and funds of hedge funds. Praesideo Funds manages hedge funds invested both domestically and internationally. Mr. Clark's companies are headquartered in Utah with offices in New York and Grand Cayman. Collectively, J. D. Clark & Company and the Praesideo Funds invest and administer in excess of $10 billion.
After earning a bachelor's in accounting at Utah State in 1982, Mr. Clark began his career at KPMG in Seattle where he worked in their audit and small business advisory practice. He later served for several years as the vice president of finance for the Cascade Funds and Rainier Partners as well as the CFO of the Genesee Funds.
Mr. Clark and his wife, Bonnie, have five children. The Clark family enjoys many diverse interests. He likes to unwind on his Harley as well as riding horses, skiing, boating, and family activities. Mrs. Clark and the girls are all beauty pageant winners. His sons share in his vintage car enthusiasm, and his eldest son is currently attending Utah State University.
Mr. Clark is also active in community service as a board member of the Weber Foundation where he chairs its Business Development Committee. He is also the chairman of the Utah Junior Miss Board of Directors and a board member of Habitat for Humanity in Ogden, Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Clark fund a Jon M. Huntsman School of Business scholarship.
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- Career Advisor, Master of Human Resource Programs
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- Undergraduate Advisor - China Cooperative Academic Programs
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- Member of the Leadership Center Advisory Board
- Retired CEO and Chairman, Procter & Gamble
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- Corporate Relations Specialist
- Corporate Relations Specialist / Industry
Jonathan W. Bullen formed Colmena Group in 2008 and serves as the company's President and CEO. Throughout his career, Jonathan has amassed tremendous experience with acquisition, financing, redevelopment, restructuring, and sale of real estate throughout the Intermountain West. Prior to the formation of Colmena Group, he has been a long-term investor of commercial real estate assets. He first began investing in real estate in 1984 and is a founding member and major investor of Wasatch Premier Properties, which started in 1990. Wasatch Properties began during the problematic S&L crisis and subsequent government RTC bailout program. Starting as an acquisition strategy, this portfolio now is comprised of over 10,000 apartment units and roughly 2 million square feet of office space across the western states. Jonathan is a Founding General Partner and serves on the investment committee of Woodbury Strategic Partners (WSP), a value-add commercial real estate investment vehicle which was formed to acquire and develop commercial real estate assets throughout the western region of the United States. WSP has dedicated equity capital in excess of $140 million, $500 million of purchasing power, which it will use to create a portfolio of 20-30 income producing commercial real estate assets. WSP anticipates approximately 70% of its portfolio will result from value added existing asset acquisitions and 30% new development opportunities.
In addition to his real estate experience, Jonathan has owned and managed businesses for more than 30 years in the fields of telecommunications, proprietary career education, and the health & fitness industry. Jonathan currently serves as the CEO & President of the Eagle Gate College Group, which has four campuses in Utah. Under Jonathan's ownership and direction, the school's student population has grown from 200 to over 1,200. Jonathan served as an elected director of the Career College Association from 2006-2008. In addition, Jonathan has served as Executive Director of the Capitol Arts Alliance, which is a public-private partnership that renovated a historic theater and constructed an arts center in Logan, Utah. Duties included fundraising, master planning, lease negotiations, public relations, and operations management. Jonathan received a BS in Business Administration and Minor in Economics from Utah State University.
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- Member of the Founders
- Vice President, Education Division
- Vice President, Education Division, FranklinCovey
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- Executive Assistant to the Dean
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- Program Coordinator
- Program Coordinator: China Cooperative Academic Programs
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- Advisor
- Associate Director
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- Professor, Project Mentor for the Analytics Solution Center
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- Executive Director Shingo Institute and Senior Lecturer
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- Member of the Founders
- Principal, AlignOrg Solutions
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- Project Management Professional
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- CEO
- Member of the Founders
- CEO, Acumen Learning
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- Executive Director of Corporate Partnerships and Community Relations
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- Program Assistant, Utah Women & Leadership Project
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- Lecturer and Huntsman Scholar Program Academic Director
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- Program Director, Global Learning
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- Member of the Leadership Center Advisory Board
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- Member of the Founders
- Author, Educator
- Author, Educator, BYU - Provo, BYU - Hawaii, University of Utah, LDS Business College
- Co - Founder of the Excellent Women Book Club
Maria Covey Cole is a frequent speaker and presenter, and the author of Contentment: Inspiring Insights for LDS Mothers, published by Covenant Communications in 2009, and A Converted Woman's Voice: Being Valiant in the Testimony of Jesus and in His Restored Gospel, published by Atmosphere Press in 2020.
Maria holds a bachelor's degree in English from Brigham Young University and a master's degree in Educational Studies from the University of Utah.
She has been a copy editor at Bookcraft Publishers, the Director of the Sylvan Learning Center in Salt Lake City, and has taught classes at BYU-Provo, BYU-Hawaii, the University of Utah, and most recently, LDS Business College. She has edited and contributed to several books through the years.
Maria is the proud co-founder of the Excellent Women Book Club, which is still going strong after three decades. She finds contentment in reading, writing, and teaching-and along with her husband Dave-raising their five children and growing number of grandchildren.
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- Associate Director, Utah Women & Leadership Project
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- Member of the Founders
- Regional Vice President, Hartford Funds
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- Professional Practice Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship
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- Member of the Founders
- CEO, Simpson Executive Coaching
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- Member of the Leadership Center Advisory Board
- Retired Admiral, United States Navy
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- Member of the Leadership Center Advisory Board
- Founder, Grameen Bank
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- Career Development Specialist
- Career Specialist
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- Professional Practice Assistant Professor, Project Mentor for the Analytics Solution Center
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- Senior Lecturer, Operations Director of the Analytics Solution Center
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- Senior Director of Commercial Banking
Robert Bischoff has worked at Zions Bank in various roles since 1989 and is currently serving communities along the Wasatch Front and throughout the state of Idaho as Senior Director of Commercial Banking. He graduated in 1991 from Weber State University with a B.A. in Finance, also receiving the Wall Street Journal award. In 2013, he earned a diploma of graduation from the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking held at the University of Pennsylvania. He was also awarded a Wharton Leadership Certificate at that time. He later received his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Brigham Young University. He is experienced in assisting business owners to navigate industry opportunities, develop appropriate financing structures, and establish successful plans for the future. Robert joined the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business National Advisory Board in 2020.
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- Member of the Founders
- Managing Partner, McOmber Capital
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- Member of the Leadership Center Advisory Board
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- Associate Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship
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- Director of FJ Management Center for Student Success
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- CEO
- President
- Executive Leadership Speaker
- Founder and CEO of Mountain West Small Business Finance
Scott Davis is the founder and CEO of Mountain West Small Business Finance, headquartered in Salt Lake City. Created in 1980, Mountain West is an SBA Certified Development Company, licensed to administer the SBA's 504 Loan Program.
Under Scott's direction, Mountain West has provided nearly two Billion Dollars of financing to over 5,000 small and medium-sized businesses in Utah and surrounding states. Mountain West has been among the top ten CDCs in the nation since the creation of the Development Company Loan Program.
Scott served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Development Companies (NADCO) from 1984 to 1996 and served as its President from 1991 to 1993. He serves on the National Advisory Boards for the Huntsman School of Business and for the Department of Athletics at Utah State University.
Scott graduated from the University of Utah with honors; is married to Cathie Davis. They have four married children and 14 grandchildren.
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- Member of the Founders
- Board Member, Pennant Group
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- Member of the Founders
- President
- FranklinCovey 's Education Practice Leader
- President, FranklinCovey Education
Sean Covey is President of FranklinCovey Education. Sean has led the development of most of FranklinCovey's organizational offerings, including Focus, Leadership, The 4 Disciplines of Execution, The Leader in Me, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Sean oversees all of Franklin Covey's International partnerships, which cover more than 140 countries.
Sean is also FranklinCovey's Education Practice Leader and is devoted to transforming education around the globe by bringing leadership principles and skills to as many kids, educators, and schools as possible.
He is a New York Times best-selling author and has written several books, including The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make, The 7 Habits of Happy Kids, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, which has been translated into 20 languages and sold over 4 million copies worldwide.
He is a seasoned speaker to kids, teens, and adults and has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows.
Sean graduated with honors from BYU with a Bachelor's degree in English and later earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. As the starting quarterback for BYU, he led his team to two bowl games and was twice selected as the ESPN Most Valuable Player of the Game.
Born in Belfast Ireland, Sean's favorite activities include going to movies, working out, hanging out with his kids, riding his dirt bike, and writing poor poetry. Sean and his wife Rebecca live with their children in the Rocky Mountains.
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- Program Coordinator, Huntsman Scholar Program
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- Webmaster and Marketing Automation Specialist
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- Professional Practice Assistant Professor, Project Mentor for the Analytics Solution Center
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- Assistant
- Executive Director
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- Member of the Founders
- CEO, Zerorez Franchising Systems, Inc
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- Assistant Director, Huntsman Scholar Program
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- Executive in Residence of the Analytics Solution Center
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- Member of the Founders
- CoFounder, CoveyLink and the FranklinCovey Global Speed of Trust Practice
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- Member of the Founders
- Founder & Managing Partner, Links Consulting Group
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- Member of the Founders
- Member of the Leadership Center Advisory Board
- Endowed Professor of Leadership and Vice Chairman of the Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center
- Leadership Center Advisory Board Member
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- Professor of Leadership and Vice Chairman of the Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center
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- Corporate Relations Specialist
- Corporate Relations Specialist / Industry
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- Executive in Residence and Senior Lecturer
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- Member of the Founders
- President, Becoming Your Best Global Leadership
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- Founder and Director, Utah Women & Leadership Project and Inaugural Karen Haight Huntsman Endowed Professor of Leadership
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- Assistant to the Department Head
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- Director, Full Time Master of Human Resource Program
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- Professional Practice Professor
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- Managing Director
- Managing Director at Banyan Ventures
Timothy Barney is currently a Managing Director at Banyan Ventures, a private equity investment firm based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. Barney retired from EnergySolutions, which at the time was a NYSE Company headquartered in Salt Lake City, in October of 2008 after nearly 16 years with the company. He had many roles in his time at EnergySolutions which included chief operating officer, VP of investor relations, VP of government relations and VP of corporate development. Mr. Barney graduated in 1992 from Brigham Young University where he earned a bachelor's degree in international relations. He furthered his studies with a master's degree from Utah State University in political economy where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Mr. Barney is active in civic and community affairs and currently serves on several Boards, both in the non-profit and for-profit sectors. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. He and his wife Paula are the parents of four boys.
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- Graduate Program Director and Advisor
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- Information Technology and Lab Supervisor
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- Director External Relations
- Employer Relations Director
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- Academic Director of the Analytics Solution Center
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- Career Development Specialist
- Career Specialist
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- Program Coordinator of the Covey Leadership Center
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- Founder
- Executive Leadership Speaker Series
- Founder of MaxComm Inc.
Bill Adams is the founder of MaxComm Inc. He brings thirty years of leadership-development experience to his clients, the CEOs of major Fortune 500 corporations as well as venture-capital start-up businesses. As a leadership coach and mentor, he works with CEOs and other senior executives in the areas of strategy, alignment, communications, and relationships. Mr. Adam's expertise is working with clients to lead large-scale change and cultural transformation within their organizations. Paramount to his success is his ability to partner with CEOs to create a compelling message and engage senior executives in committing to change. His experience and work span many different industries including energy, utilities, telecommunications, travel, and finance. Author of The Whole Systems Approach: Involving Everyone in the Company to Change and Transform Your Business, he has defined and implemented Maxcomm's change methodology for numerous organizations with long-term, measurable results.
Mr. Adams has a bachelor's degree in speech communication from USU and a master's degree in interpersonal and organizational communication from the University of Montana. While at Utah State, he was involved in ASUSU, Sigma Nu and received the Personality of the Year award in 1978. Mr. Adams has given mostly through MaxComm. The majority of the money supports Athletics, but they have also given to Communications and the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business.
He and his wife, Cindy, reside in Sandy, Utah. They support the Maxcomm Scholarship in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business.
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- Member of the Leadership Center Advisory Board
- Retired Admiral, United States Navy
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- MMIS Graduate Director & Associate Professor