President Stephen D. Nadauld is currently the president of Dixie State College, and has also served as the president of Weber State University and taught at the University of Utah and BYU.  He earned a degree in chemistry from BYU, an MBA from Harvard Business School and PhD from UC Berkley.  In the church he has been a scoutmaster, bishop, member of a stake presidency, a regional representative and a general authority.  He also presided over the Switzerland Geneva Mission.  He is the author of 3 books.  Sister Nadauld served as the Young Women General President from 1997 to 2002. She has also served on the Relief Society General Board, on the Board of Trustees for the church educational system, and as a ward Relief Society and Young women president.  She attended Snow College and has a degree from BYU.  
She has taught high school English in Utah and Massachusetts.  Brother and Sister Nadauld are the parents of seven sons and 27 grandchildren.

Research on women’s values and attitudes has been a major theme in Cathy Chamberlain’s life. She is currently the managing director for market strategy for Deseret Book, and has helped develop the “Time Out for Women” conferences that are taken all over the United States. Sister Chamberlain has been a consultant for a number of major national businesses and companies in Latin America interested in her research and strategy skills. She has also been active in the political arena and been a consultant in communications to Bob Dole, Elizabeth Dole and others, and directed two landmark studies on women during President Reagan’s administration. She teaches PR and Advertising part-time as an adjunct professor at BYU, and serves on the National Advisory Board for the Marriott School of Management at BYU.

Racquetball is his sport, traveling is his hobby, and teaching is his passion. Brother Jacobs started teaching for the Church Education System in 1979 after earning a bachelor’s degree from Utah State University and a master’s degree from Northern Arizona University. He currently teaches at the Logan Institute of Religion. Brother Jacobs is a frequent speaker at conferences, and has taught at Education Week, EFY and Know Your Religion conferences since 1984. He and his wife Jolene are the parents of four children and three grandchildren.

Cathy Stokes is a professional nurse who worked in nursing and health care administration, including 34 years in the Illinois Department of Public Health.  Her last assignment was work on bioterrorism preparedness and response for Illinois. Sister Stokes joined the LDS Church in 1979 on the south side of Chicago, and after almost 70 years in Chicago, she retired to Salt Lake City in 2006. Church service has been an adventure that has taken her everywhere from Preston, Idaho to Accra, Ghana. She is a member of the Deseret News Advisory Board, a member of the Utah Aids Foundation Board, and is a volunteer at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital. Sister Stokes’ life and wisdom are featured in a chapter in Mormon Women, Portraits and Conversations, and she wrote a chapter in Why I Believe, published by Deseret Book in 2002.

A native of Salt Lake City, Chris Williams attended Skyline High School, the University of Utah and got a great job with IBM as an Energy and Utilities executive. He married his sweetheart, and they had four children together. Then, on Feb. 9, 2007, in an instant his life changed. The family car was hit by a drunk driver, killing his wife, Michelle, their unborn baby, an 11 year-old son and a 9 year-old daughter. His story of forgiveness and healing has inspired thousands through Mormon Messages as he describes what happened after the crash. His new book For Giving Hearts was released in June 2011, and explains how he was able to forgive and be healed by the Savior.

Raised in a Jewish home in Philadelphia, Jay Kessler attended six years of Hebrew school and learned to read, write and speak Hebrew.  At the age of 23, however, he joined the LDS Church in Philadelphia and his life changed forever.  He attended Temple University in Pennsylvania, and graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in speech communication and political science.  He received his law degree from Crieghton University. President Kessler has owned his own heating and air-conditioning business, worked in real estate and has been an attorney since 1999.  He and his wife Jane are the parents of two children.  President Kessler is a stake president in the Magna area.

Currently the Seminary Principal and coordinator at Syracuse High School, Brother Spackman has also taught for the Church Education System in Smithfield, Hurricane, and been a coordinator in Chicago. He attended Utah State University and served a mission to Recife, Brazil. He loves fitness, sports, music, movies and coaching his children.  He and his wife Kerri are the parents of eight children.