Announcements

Elder Gerrit W. Gong currently serves as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Amy Jex is an associate teaching professor in the BYU Department of Dance. She currently serves as an associate chair of the department.

Paul Lambert is the religion initiative director at the Wheatley Institute. He is a leading expert on religious pluralism in society, including the role of pluralism in economics and business.

Sherami Jara joined BYU nearly 15 years ago after spending a decade working in policy and career development for the state of Utah. Currently, she serves as an assistant dean in the College of Humanities and the director of the Liberal Arts Advisement and Careers Center, where she oversees career readiness efforts for approximately 7,200 students across two liberal arts colleges.

Dawan Coombs is an associate professor of English at BYU.

Brennan Platt is a professor of economics at BYU. He received bachelor's degrees in economics and mathematics from Arizona State University in 2001, and earned a master's and doctorate in economics from the University of Minnesota in 2006.

Will Clayton is a professor and associate dean at BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School. His research focuses on corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on the law and policy of private equity and private investment funds.

Richard Houseman is the dean of Continuing Education at BYU. He has also served as the worldwide manager of missionary in-field services for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and as a mission leader in the Brazil Recife Mission. Before coming to BYU, he spent many years in academia as a professor of entomology at the University of Missouri, a postdoctoral researcher at Texas A&M University and adjunct faculty at both Blinn College and Utah Valley University.