Eric is currently the owner of Dedicated Trucking Services, a full-service trucking and staffing company that operates in the western US. He is also a partner in JD&E Restaurant Group, which has holdings in Texas and Utah. Over the years, Eric has also been a consultant for many natural food and beverage startups.

Eric enjoys serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served a full-time mission in Brazil. He has also held many callings with the youth and served as a ward clerk, stake executive secretary, and bishop. He currently lives in St. George, Utah, with his wife, Kim, and their nine children.

Joe is currently on theboard of directors for Gibby Group, headquartered in Burley, Idaho. Previously, Joe was CEO of two technology companies, Imagine Learning (digital education) and DynaVox Systems (augmentative communication). For several years, he served as vice chairman and board member of the Utah Technology Council. In 2006, DynaVox was recognized as Life Sciences Company of the Year and Joe as CEO of the Year by the Pittsburgh Technology Council.

Joe spent 20 years with Hill-Rom Company, a medical device provider. His last position was president of Hill-Rom Europe, which conducts with manufacturing and distribution throughout Western Europe. Joe received his bachelor’s degree and MBA from Brigham Young University.

Stephen W. Gibson has created or funded more than a dozen entrepreneurial businesses, including being the first investor in 1-800-Contacts, Omniture, and Ancestry.com. He also cofounded the Utah Angels, the first Angel investment group in Utah. In 1999, he and his wife, Bette, moved to the Philippines on their own for 19 months and created a nonprofit educational system, The Academy for Creating Enterprise, for Filipino returned missionaries. The Academy now has more than 671 alumni chapters in the Philippines, Mexico and Peru and expanded to Brazil in 2019. The chapters are led by more than 1,900 volunteers who are learning leadership skills that they apply in business, church, family, and their communities. Gibson also taught as entrepreneur in residence and later as full-time faculty for the Marriott School for a total of 15 years, having retired in 2011. He continues to enjoy writing, investing and mentoring, and traveling with Bette. They have been married for 56 years.

Doug spent the majority of his career in the telecommunications industry with MediaOne Group, a Fortune 100 company. At MediaOne, Doug held various positions including CFO and executive vice president of strategy, corporate development, and technology. Prior to his work at MediaOne, Doug was a strategy consultant with Booz Allen and Hamilton. Doug served on several company boards, including Time Warner Entertainment, IPIX, InfoGear, and Time Warner Telecom. He has also served in multiple volunteer positions, including as the chairman of Parents for Choice in Education and United Way of Davis Co. He spent three years in Detroit, Michigan, leading a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Rich Andrus is the executive vice president for Menlo Commercial Real Estate and cofounder/co-owner of Menlo Dental Transitions. Prior to working in commercial real estate, Rich was regional manager for Cardinal Health, a Fortune 100 company. Rich graduated from Utah State University with dual bachelor’s degrees in finance and marketing and dual minors in economics and Spanish.

He attended the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, earning his master’s in business administration. His church callings have included missionary in the Mexico Veracruz Mission, executive secretary, bishop, as well as 15+ years of various youth callings. He currently lives in Gilbert, Arizona, with his wife, Miriam, and their four children.

Lyle Parry started his career working as a certified public accountant for Arthur Young and Ernst & Young. He spent the majority of his career as the senior vice president, chief financial officer, and secretary-treasurer of Management & Training Corporation (MTC). MTC, a privately owned corporation, is an international education and training company that focuses on providing education for economically disadvantaged youth as well as education for rehabilitation in a correctional setting.

Lyle was prominent in the strategic growth and management as a senior executive of the company. When he retired, it was the largest contractor with the US Department of Labor and the third-largest company to manage correctional facilities globally. MTC had over 10,000 employees and revenues of around $950 million. He retired to serve a mission with his wife, Cricket, for their church in West Africa and continues to serve in a similar capacity in Salt Lake City. He has served on various boards, including charitable organizations and international corporations.

Andy currently serves as a director of five company boards in the dental products, publishing, metal machining, and real estate development industries. He has a background in finance and expertise in entrepreneurial finance, management, and real estate.

Andy helped Bette and Steve write some of the Academy curriculum when he volunteered for at least 10 hours a week. He was the first CEO of ACE until being called as a bishop in 2010.

Brian and Louise Murphy live in Midway, Utah, and have four children and 13 grandchildren (the 14th is due in August). Both graduated from BYU, Brian with a business degree and Louise with a degree in English literature. Brian also has an MBA from Columbia Business School. They are on the BYU Marriott National Advisory Council, participate with the BYU Marriott Founders, the BYU Cougar Club and are on the Board of Rising Star Outreach. Brian is the chairman of the UVU Foundation Investment Committee and on the Woodbury School National Advisory Board. Louise is a board member of the Stella Oaks Foundation. Brian is a senior advisor to FS Investments and the founder of Portfolio Advisors.

Married to Kris Thompson, Carrie is the mother of four children. In her spare time, she enjoys family activities, outdoor adventures, and continuing her volunteer efforts to make a positive difference in her community.