Michael K. Winder is a lifelong student of the American presidency and Church historian. He has an MBA and Honors BA in history from the University of Utah. He also completed an exectuve leadership program at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In 2005, Mike was appointed to the Utah Board of State History by Governor John Huntsman, Jr. He is the author of six books and lives in West Valley City, Utah, with his wife, Karyn, and their three children.