E. BOYD CRAIG | CHAIRMAN & CEO

For nearly a quarter century, Boyd Craig served as partner to the late Stephen R. Covey, renowned leadership authority and author of the international bestseller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. He ran Dr. Covey’s global leadership consulting business and collaborated with him in the writing and publishing of a dozen books on leadership. Boyd was one of the architects and leaders of FranklinCovey’s education practice and served as vice president of higher education. In 2012, Boyd left FranklinCovey and founded Leader.org to convene a network of philanthropic leaders to empower the educators of the world's children in poverty with mindset, skills, and tools to lead and succeed in life.

Boyd is a trustee of Intermountain Healthcare, vice chairman of the Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center at Utah State University (USU), and member of the National Advisory board of USU's Huntsman School of Business.

He received a B.A. in philosophy from Brigham Young University and an MBA from its Marriott School of Business. He and his wife, Michelle, have three children and nine grandchildren.

GENE WHITE | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Gene is a seasoned financial executive with broad industry experience. He is the former CFO of Visible Supply Chain Management, Content Watch and DownEast Outfitters. He is also a former auditor for Price Waterhouse, LLP, and Ernst & Young, LLP. In 2019, Gene was awarded the Utah Business CXO of the Year.

Gene holds BS and MAcc degrees in accounting from Brigham Young University.

LORD MICHAEL HASTINGS | GLOBAL AMBASSADOR

The Right Honorable the Baron Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick, Commander of the British Empire, is Chancellor of Regents University London and a Trustee of Vodafone Group Foundation. He is former Head of Global Citizenship at KPMG International and was the BBC's Head of Public Affairs and first Head of Corporate Social Responsibility.

In 2005, he was awarded an independent peerage to the House of Lords of the United Kingdom by Her Majesty the Queen. In the same year, he received the UNICEF award for 'outstanding contribution to understanding and effecting solutions for Africa's children.'

In 2014, Lord Hastings was conferred with an honorary doctorate in civil law from the University of Kent, Canterbury.

Lord Hastings began his career as a teacher and moved into government service in 1986 supporting policy initiatives to bring employment and development to Britain's inner cities and to reduce crime. In 1990, he moved to work at TVAM on education programming and then GMTV as Chief Political Correspondent.

DAVE CARLSTON | CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

Dave has helped Leader.org from its inception, serving as long-time COO and now directing international growth initiatives. Prior to Leader.org he helped build and grow several tech and marketing companies.

Dave graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Economics from Westminster College and earned an MBA from the University of Utah. He and his wife, Kara, are the parents of six children.

E. BOYD CRAIG | CHAIRMAN & CEO

See bio under Leadership Team.

JOHN R. MILLER | DIRECTOR

John is the CEO of JR Miller Enterprises, a privately held company with diverse holdings in real estate, private companies and public securities. He retired from National Beef Packing Company in 2009 after serving as CEO since 1991. Mr. Miller grew the company from $500 million in sales to over $6 billion in sales. With over 8,000 employees, they are headquartered in Kansas City, MO, with seven regional production facilities, a Class A transportation company, and four international sales offices. National Beef markets and distributes beef products in all 50 states in the US and over 60 countries worldwide. In 2010 Mr. Miller was instrumental in orchestrating the sale of National Beef to Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE: LUK).

BRAD D. PELO | DIRECTOR

Brad Pelo has served as a chief executive and founder of technology and entertainment companies and as a board member to foundations and public companies. He is currently a partner at Picture Rock Entertainment. Previously he served as founder, CEO, or president at Radiant, SAY, i.TV, Ancestry.com, NextPage, Bookcraft and Folio Corporation. Brad and his wife Melody are the parents of ten children.