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J. David Pulsipher

J. David Pulsipher is a professor of history at Brigham Young University–Idaho, where he leads its program in peace and conflict transformation and is also a practicing mediator. He is the author of When We Don’t See Eye to Eye: Using the Weapon of Love to Overcome Anger and Aggression (Covenant Communications, 2014) and editor, with Patrick Mason and Richard Bushman, of War and Peace in Our Time: Mormon Perspectives (Greg Kofford Books, 2012). He and his wife, Dawn, live in Rexburg, Idaho, and they are the parents of six children.

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Chad Ford

Chad Ford has been living five lives simultaneously for nearly 20 years. He's been an international conflict mediator, a college professor, a senior consultant and facilitator for the Arbinger Institute, an executive board member for peace players, a writer, analyst, and entrepreneur covering the NBA and NBA Draft for ESPN. While his name is most likely recognized for his work at ESPN, being a basketball analyst and writer was actually Ford's side gig for most of the last two decades. Chad's peace-building work is what defines him. He holds a master's degree in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason and a juris doctorate degree from Georgetown. His new book, Dangerous Love weaves Ford's experiences from those five lives into a deeply personal exploration of how we transform fear and conflict.

Jason Stout

Jason Stout grew up in Utah and the Netherlands and has spent much of his life living abroad, including during his mission in Ukraine. He also served in the Peace Corps in South Africa and volunteered in Russia with a UN-affiliated refugee NGO. He has worked extensively with refugees and victims of human trafficking in the US with Catholic Charities and Child Rescue of North America. He earned a Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University and is currently the managing partner of Edge of Europe Tours.

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Doug Farley

Doug is from Salt Lake City and is the youngest of 10 children. Doug learned to love to serve the Lord from serving in the New Jersey Morristown Mission. After his mission, Doug earned his degree in civil engineering at the University of Utah and currently is practicing structural engineering in the heavy industrial market. Doug met the girl of his dreams, Becky, while at college making faces at each other across a room. He loves serving as a Sunday school teacher with his wife teaching the 14 to 18-year-old kids. Doug has three children and one grandbaby whom he adores. He loves to spend time with his family, especially when he is in his yard or woodshop, in the mountains, on any beach, or on the golf course where he is learning how to lower his bat swing and turn it into a real golf swing.

Jill Walker

After nearly thirty years of marriage, Jill is a recent widow who spends most of her time “trying to figure things out.” She loves to read, try new foods, and travel (but hates packing!). She and her husband moved so often that home feels like everywhere and nowhere at the same time. She currently lives in Edmond, Oklahoma.

Sandy Bacon

Sandy grew up in Virginia but has lived in six other states as an adult, making friends and memories all along the way. She currently calls the Midwest home, where she is a wife and mother who always has her hands in a project or two. She loves to travel with her family and friends and is currently teaching cooking classes, using her family history research degree, and teaching early morning Seminary with her husband, Greg. Her perfect day would include being surrounded by family and friends, playing games, eating great food, dancing in the kitchen, and trying to convince people to do things that would make her laugh.

Danielle Christensen

Danielle is a features writer and editor for LDS Living. Previously, she served as web producer for Church News, where she managed its website and social media platforms. Danielle is a graduate of Brigham Young University in English and has been published with Deseret News, Church News, Y Magazine, and Spires Intercollegiate Arts and Literary Magazine. Follow her on Twitter with the handle @danielleechris.

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