Latter-day Saint MBA Podcast

Follow Jeremy and Kristin on social media:https://www.instagram.com/kristinandrushttps://www.instagram.com/jeremy_andrushttps://www.youtube.com/c/KristinAndrusJeremy's Bio:Jeremy Andrus is President; CEO of Traeger Grills, the original wood pellet grill brand that hastaken the outdoor cooking world by storm. He and a financial partner acquired the company in2014, transforming it from a small, regional, 26-year-old business into a multi-hundred-million-dollar brand that owns over 50% of the global wood pellet grill market. This was largelyachieved by Jeremy leading an overhaul that would result in moving the company’sheadquarters from Oregon to Utah and rebuilding its team with an emphasis on the people andculture behind the company.While Traeger has become Jeremy’s most successful growth story, it isn’t his first. He joinedstart-up Skullcandy in 2005 with 4 employees and less than $1m in sales. Under his leadership,Skullcandy disrupted the headphone and wearable electronic space, growing into a $300mpublic company. Jeremy was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year in 2016, MountainWestCapital Network Utah Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017, and was inducted into the UtahTechnology Council Hall of Fame in 2018. Jeremy received his M.B.A. from Harvard BusinessSchool and B.A. from Brigham Young University. He lives in Salt Lake City with his wife Kristinand their six children. After years of experimenting and working with professional pitmastersand chefs, Jeremy now makes the perfect steak.Kristin's Bio:Kristin Andrus is a community champion who advocates for women, children, and refugees within and beyond Utah. She is also Chief Culture Officer to her husband and six children. Kristin serves as a board member for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area and for UnDEfeated, an organization serving underprivileged youth and single mothers in Uganda. In addition, she holds advisory roles with the First Lady of Utah, Neighborhood House, The Younique Foundation, Utah Valley University, and Women Who Succeed. Nonprofits count on Kristin for her social media and marketing savvy as well as her supernatural ability to get stuff done.With over 100,000 combined followers on Instagram and YouTube, and live cooking segments on Utah’s Studio 5, Kristin has built a platform for awareness and impact. Her musings on marriage and motherhood and her collection of 250 free home workouts offer love, light, and laughter for her social media community. In November 2020, Kristin launched #SisterGoods, an Instagram campaign that raised $30,000 in its first week to supply menstrual care products to schools, shelters, and foster care facilities throughout Utah. #SisterGoods has since spread to more than 60 communities across the U.S.

Carine Clark is the President and CEO of Banyan, and a three-time president and CEO of high-growth tech companies, specializing in helping companies scale from $10 million to $100 million and more. Her reputation as a data-driven marketing executive at Novell, Altiris and Symantec opened doors to lead Allegiance, MartizCX, and Banyan as president and CEO. She attributes her success to building an abundant team culture, demonstrating that companies accelerate their growth when they multiply their people.As a cancer survivor, Clark channels her deep appreciation for life and relationships into advocating that tech professionals pay it forward by mentoring young people. In addition, Clark serves on the Board of Directors of Domo (NASDAQ: DOMO), the Executive Boards of GOED (The Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development), and Silicon Slopes, a non-profit helping Utah’s tech community thrive. She has received numerous awards including the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award in the Utah Region and Utah Business Magazine’s CEO of the Year.Clark earned a bachelor’s degree in organizational communications and an MBA from Brigham Young University and enjoys traveling, exploring, and doing hard things with her family.

Elder Kim B. Clark was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 4, 2015. He was released on October 5, 2019. At the time of his call he had been serving as the president of Brigham Young University–Idaho since 2005. He served as a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy, Idaho Area, from 2007 to 2014. He also served as the Commissioner of the Church Educational System.Elder Clark received a bachelor of arts, a master of arts, and a PhD, all in economics, from Harvard University. He became a faculty member at the Harvard Business School in 1978 and was named dean of that school in 1995. He served in that capacity until the summer of 2005, when he was named the president of Brigham Young University–Idaho.Elder Clark has served in a number of Church callings, including full-time missionary in the South German Mission, elders quorum president, ward executive secretary, counselor in a bishopric, bishop, high councilor, and counselor in a stake mission presidency.Kim Bryce Clark was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 20, 1949. He married Sue Lorraine Hunt in June 1971. They are the parents of seven children.

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