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1976	Lt. Col. Wayne McArthur is a U.S. Army staff officer in the Pentagon working to ensure that troops receive necessary equipment. His previous assignments included work in Cuba and Japan. Before serving on active duty, McArthur was a member of the Utah National Guard and worked for eighteen years as water and power director of St. George, Utah. He previously held several positions with ExxonMobil. He earned his MBA from BYU after earning a BS in civil engineering from Utah State in 1974. He and his wife, Janet, have six children and live in the Washington, D.C., area.
1983	A BYU education has helped Gwendolyn Vaisega Youngýs career take flight. As associate director for management at NASAýs Dryden Flight Research Center, she is responsible for the centerýs business functions. Her career with NASA has included a range of positions and locations during the past twenty-five years. In addition to her current position, Young has worked in the comptrollerýs office at NASA headquarters, in the Space Station Freedom program office, and at the Stennis Space Center. She earned her MPA from BYU after earning a BS in elementary education from BYU in 1979. Young resides in Lancaster, California, and is the director of public affairs for her stake.
1984	John F. Pilmerýs business, PilmerPR, recently received the Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forumýs ýTop Twenty-Five Under Fiveý Award for the second year in a row. The award honors Utah businesses less than five years old. With more than twenty years of experience, Pilmer advises companies on public relations and marketing communications. He has done volunteer communications work for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Boy Scouts of America, and the city of Orem, Utah. Pilmer previously hosted a radio talk show in southeast Texas about computers. Pilmer recently joined BYUýs Communications Department as a part-time faculty member. After earning a BS in business management and marketing from BYU, he earned an MBA from the University of Utah in 1987. He has also received the Accredited in Public Relations distinction. His wife, Diane, earned an MOB from BYU in 1984. They live in Orem, Utah, and have three children.
1986	Susan Chieko Eliason recently finished her fourth book, Company FATheads: How to Bounce Bully Behaviors and Boost the Bottom Line, which she co-authored with her sister, Carol Emiko Nibley. A business-fable novella, it suggests solutions to typical personality and behavioral challenges in the workplace. Eliason is a consultant at BYUýs Center for Teaching and Learning and a part-time faculty member at the Marriott School. She has designed and conducted training for numerous foreign and domestic organizations, including Hyundai, Nippon Steel, Mazda, and the Missionary Training Center. While a student at BYU, she earned a master of organizational behavior degree after earning a BS in family studies and English. She currently resides in Orem, Utah.
1989	With more than twenty-seven years of experience in financial advising, Phil Stoker has helped a wide range of people and businesses. For the past ten years, he has advised clients through Stoker Ostler Wealth Advisors, a fee-only wealth management firm he co-founded. Stoker earned his MBA from the Marriott School after earning a BS in finance and estate planning in 1980. He and his wife, Diane, live in Mesa, Arizona, and have six children.
1990	Tom Applegarth, human resource director for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, has more than fifteen years of human resources experience. Before Goodyear, he worked in human resources for Amoco, Payless ShoeSource, and Flowserve, a manufacturer of pumps, valves, and seals. While at BYU he earned a BA in history in 1988 and an MBA from the Marriott School. He and his wife, Susanne, have three sons and live in Green, Ohio.
1993	Matthew Semadeni recently joined the management faculty of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. He was previously a management faculty member of the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. He earned his PhD from Texas A&M Universityýs Mays Business School in 2003 and a BS in management and information systems from the Marriott School. He and his wife, Kari, have three children and live in Bloomington, Indiana.
1994	Will Bryan was recently named a partner of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Detroit office. In addition to his previous responsibilities as a lead senior manager in Detroit for the past two years, he has worked with the firmýs offices in Indianapolis and Germany. He has also taught intermediate and advanced accounting in the undergraduate program at the University of Indianapolis. He graduated from the Marriott School with a BS in accounting and a MAcc. He and his wife, Jennifer, live in Novi, Michigan, with their four children. He enjoys traveling, coaching his childrenýs sports teams, and running. He completed his first marathon in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2004.
1995	As Pacific area general manager of FreeLife International, Christopher R. Cooper is responsible for markets in Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. He is a justice of the peace for the state of Queensland. He earned his BS in business management and international marketing from the Marriott School and a graduate degree in business administration from Southern Cross University. Cooper lives in Brisbane, Australia, and has served as president of the Management Societyýs Australia chapter for more than ten years. He is a media specialist for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a correspondent for church publications. Michael Halls is the managing partner of the Salt Lake City office of Stoker Ostler Wealth Advisors, a fee-only wealth management firm. He earned an MBA in 2003 from Arizona State Universityýs W. P. Carey School of Business after earning a BS in finance from the Marriott School. He coaches youth baseball and basketball teams and enjoys a wide variety of outdoor activities. He and his wife, Michele, have three sons and live in North Salt Lake, Utah.
1996	Russell L. Sewell recently founded cs Real Estate Partners, LLC, a commercial real estate investment partnership. He has been CEO of a real estate development company, founded another investment company, and enjoys the personal interactions his work involves. He earned his MBA from the Marriott School after earning a BA in political science from BYU in 1994. He and his wife, Ann, have five children and reside in Mesa, Arizona.
1997	David Matthew Sluss teaches leadership and ethics as an assistant professor of management at the University of South Carolinaýs Moore School of Business. He also teaches executive courses for MODUL University in Vienna, Austria, and the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. He earned his master of organizational behavior degree from the Marriott School after earning a BS in psychology from Virginia Tech in 1995. After several years as a management training consultant, he went on to earn a PhD in business administration from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University in 2006. He and his wife, Dinah, have two daughters and live in Irmo, South Carolina.
1998	Jaime Ferreira recently founded Armatura Ltda., which provides service and repairs for armored vehicles. He was previously Latin America vice president for the worldýs largest vehicle armoring company. He earned an MBA from the Marriott School after earning a BS in mechanical engineering from Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotý, Colombia, in 1982. He and his wife, Vilma Rocýo, have three daughters and live in Bogotý, Colombia.
1999	Larry Cook enjoys working with entrepreneurs to build businesses of enduring value. Since 2004 he has been a partner of Peterson Partners, a private equity investment group. He previously worked with a law firm and an investment bank in New York City and as a clerk for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. He earned his MBA and JD from BYU after earning a BA in international relations from Stanford University in 1995. He and his wife, Juliet, have two sons. The family lives in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. Kristjýn Geir Mathiesen and his wife, Sýley, recently founded Kasma ehf, which operates an online store that sells dirt-biking gear. He had previously worked as information technology manager for Nýherji hf, an information technology services provider. Mathiesen earned a BS in information systems from the Marriott School and an MS in business strategy and management from the University of Iceland in 2007. His masterýs thesis explored the shared attributes of successful Icelandic businesswomen. The findings were featured in Frjýls Verslun, an Icelandic business magazine. The family has three children and lives in Hafnarfjýrýur, Iceland.
2002	Jon Rosenlund was recently named director of emergency management for the city of Grand Island and Hall County, Nebraska, after leaving a similar position in Sterling, Colorado. He works with state and local agencies to plan for possible disasters. His work has involved responding to tornados and winter storms as well as deployment to Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. He also coordinated involvement in public safety through Sterlingýs Citizen Corps. He earned his MPA from the Marriott School after earning a BA in Russian from BYU in 1998. He and his wife, Becky, have five children and live in Grand Island, Nebraska. Stephen Stubben has recently joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as an assistant professor of accounting. He earned a PhD in business administration from Stanford University in 2006 and had previously earned a BS in accounting and a master of accountancy degree from the Marriott School. He and his wife, Catherine, recently had their third child. The family lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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