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Neylan McBaine

Neylan McBaine is the co-founder and CEO of Better Days 2020, a non-profit focused on popularizing women’s history in creative and communal ways. She has written or contributed to several books, including her most recent, Pioneering the Vote: The Untold Story of Suffragists in Utah and the West.

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Jennifer Kaufmann

Jennifer Bishop Kaufmann was born and raised in Maryland where she developed a love for seafood, life-long friends, and a love for the gospel. She attended Utah Valley State College, then BYU Provo, then BYU Idaho. Jen is married to Reed, whom she met as a counselor at a church camp (EFY). They currently live in Columbus Ohio with their four children. Jennifer is still deciding what she wants to be when she grows up and has dabbled in a bit of everything from health, dance, psychology to communications. Currently, she is a fulltime chauffeur, maid, counselor to teenage girls and puppy wrangler. In addition to those duties, she hopes to keep working her way to being a true disciple of Christ and loving others as He does. Jen also hopes to one day have a full night’s sleep again.

Lita Little Giddins

Lita Little Giddins was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Southern California. She has been involved in the recording, commercial, film, and musical theater industries. She is a graduate of BYU, with a BA in socio-cultural anthropology and an MA in clinical social work. She is currently Assistant Dean for Diversity, Collaboration, and Inclusion for the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences at BYU.

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.

Christy Denney

I am the mother to three wild and crazy boys and two sweet little girls. I grew up in Mesa, Arizona and am the youngest of ten kids. I love to dance. I took ballet and contemporary dance for 14 years. I also played the viola for 10 years so music is a big part of my life. Which is why on any given day, you can find me in the kitchen with the tunes cranking.

Sarah Uhlstein

A South Salt Lake native, Sarah was raised by loving parents and tutored by caring grandparents in the ways of both her earthly and spiritual heritage. She completed her degree in clinical and developmental psychology at BYU–Provo with a pause during her junior year while she served in the Brazil Manaus Mission. Now a married mother of four, she will complete a master’s degree in organizational (business) psychology once her children are all in school.

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.