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1967	Steve Epperson graduated from BYU with a BS in business finance and marketing in 1967. He went on to earn an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. Epperson was drafted into the military following graduation. He later switched from the Army to the U.S. Navy and spent twenty-three years in diving, bomb and mine disposal, and weapons station management. While in the military, he was both a commanding officer and a base commander. After retiring from the Navy, Epperson established three small businesses. He and his wife, Jane, currently own and operate a five-bedroom guest lodge in Cornwall, England, called Anchorage House. The lodge has earned several awards, including “Britain’s Best Bed and Breakfast” in 2003 and 2005; the “Southwest England Guest Accommodation of the Year” in 2005 and 2008; and, most recently, “Cornwall’s Guest Accommodation/Bed and Breakfast of the Year.”
1976	Lt. Col. Wayne M. McArthur currently serves as deputy director of intelligence support to homeland security operations of the U.S. Army, where he works with federal agencies to prevent crimes and acts of terrorism. McArthur earned an MBA from BYU in 1976. After graduation, he worked for Exxon in Memphis, Tennessee; Little Rock, Arkansas; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Houston. Following his work with Exxon, he served as water and power director for the city of St. George, Utah, for eighteen years. Since his deployment, McArthur has served in places as diverse as Japan, Cuba, and Washington, D.C. He and his wife, Janet, have six children and twelve grandchildren. While they usually live in St. George, Utah, they are currently deployed to Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
1978	Mark Smith Bryce graduated from BYU in 1978 with a BS in accountancy before earning a JD from BYU’s J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1981. He operated a private law practice for twenty years before working for Eastern Arizona College, a state community college of 8,500 students, originally founded in 1888 by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 2002 he was promoted to president and CEO of the college; he has the longest tenure of any community college CEO in Arizona. He has also been selected as one of forty college presidents to receive executive training from Harvard University. Bryce and his wife, Cindy, have seven children and live in central Arizona, in the state’s Gila Valley.
1980	Edison P. Moura earned his MBA from BYU in 1980 and has traveled extensively throughout his business and academic life. He started with Eli Lilly & Company in Indianapolis but was shortly transferred to the company’s Brazilian affiliate in São Paulo. In 1986 he jumped into academia, teaching part time at the Getulio Vargas Foundation’s School of Business Administration in Brazil. He has also taught at the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana, and at Virginia Intermont College in Bristol, Virginia, and is currently teaching at Rio Grande College of Sul Ross State University in Del Rio, Texas, where he is an associate professor of international business. He earned a doctorate of business administration in international business in 2007 from Argosy University in Sarasota, Florida. Moura and his wife, Gigi, are the parents of three sons and live in Del Rio, Texas.
1981	Herbert Clah Jr. has worked with the Navajo Nation and other Native American tribes since graduating from BYU’s MPA program in 1981. He and his family have lived on or near the federal Navajo reservation, which has included areas of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, during his entire career. He has stayed active by coaching Little League baseball, high school track, and girls’ basketball. Clah is currently manager of human resources, employee relations, and background investigations for the Navajo Nation Department of Personnel Management, under the Division of Human Resources. He and his wife, Sandy, are the parents of four children—including two sons who played football for the BYU Cougars. The couple lives in Kirtland, New Mexico.
1985	Dean Andrew Andersen has been director of acquisitions and asset management at Air Liquide US in Houston for four years. He has worked for the company for nearly fifteen years, with assignments in Houston; Dallas; Paris; and Sydney, Australia. He has volunteered on the Marriott School’s Undergraduate Alumni Advisory Board since 2002, where he has enjoyed mentoring business students. He also volunteers with the Boy Scouts of America, coaches his children’s athletic teams, and is “hopelessly addicted to BYU sports.” He graduated with a BS in accountancy in 1985 and earned an MBA from the University of Houston in 1992. Andersen and his wife, Colleen, are the parents of eight children and grandparents of four. They currently reside in Katy, Texas.
1989	Robert K. Lindquist graduated from the Marriott School in 1989 with a degree in information management. He is currently vice president of business development at IT Partners, a data center technology optimization company. The company has seen an annual growth of 150 percent in the years since Lindquist joined. Lindquist previously served in several consulting roles at CBSI/Sentinel and at Novell, where he was awarded Consulting Manager of the Year in 2001. He has also worked with the Phoenix Suns and Mercury basketball teams as a computer statistician. Lindquist is active in several professional and networking organizations. He and his wife, Amy, live in Gilbert, Arizona. They have four children.
1994	After graduating from BYU in 1990 with a degree in Russian and a business minor, Shane R. Cragun went on to work as a senior management consultant with National Semiconductor where he helped redesign the company, which was named “Turnaround Company of the Year” in 1993. He earned his MBA from the Marriott School in 1994. Following his time at National Semiconductor, Cragun was vice president of consulting and training at FranklinCovey before co-founding The Cornerstone Group, a global management consulting firm that focuses on business strategy, organizational design, and process improvement. He consults with companies like Citigroup, Lehman Brothers, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, and the Cherokee Nation. His consulting work has allowed him to work on projects in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Cragun has won several awards for his work, including the J.D. Power and Associates Award for Best Customer Service two years in a row. His work has also been featured in Open Computing Magazine. Cragun is a faculty member of the Duke University Corporate Education Resource Network. He lives in Fruit Heights, Utah, with his wife, Cherise, and their four children. Frank Emmett Johnson earned an MBA from the Marriott School in 1994 after graduating from Auburn University four years previous. He was recently promoted to health care practice leader at Pinstripe Healthcare, a human resources and recruitment outsourcing company. He is responsible for broadening the company’s visibility in educational settings, driving growth through new customer relationships, and supporting the company’s development. Before his recent appointment, Johnson worked as vice president of labor management programs at Premier Healthcare Informatics and as president and CEO of Alta Advisors. He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He and his wife, Michelle, live with their six children in Draper, Utah, where Johnson volunteers his time coaching youth lacrosse and football. Since graduating in 1994 with a BS in management, Clint J. Parry has put his degree to good use. He spent nine years in sales and marketing with Xerox and earned an MBA from the University of Arizona in 1998. He then launched ActionCoach, a franchise where Parry provides coaching services to hundreds of small business owners in the Tuscon, Arizona, region. Parry is also involved in Lapin International, a global leadership consulting firm, as vice president of strategy. Parry is actively involved in Junior Achievement and has served on its Southern Arizona board for several years. Parry and his wife, Kristi, have four children and live in Tucson, Arizona.
1995	José M. Batalla has worked for Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a global health and hygiene manufacturing and marketing company, for fourteen years. He earned an MBA from the Marriott School in 1995 and returned to his native Argentina, where he took a position as business analyst with Kimberly-Clark. He has also served as supply chain manager, regional sourcing coordinator, and supply chain director; he was promoted in March 2009 to a regional position, directing supply chain projects in all of Latin America. He and his family lived in Atlanta, Georgia, for four years while he participated in a project to implement SAP software and process reengineering in eighteen countries in Latin America. Batalla and his wife, Valeria, currently reside in Nordelta, Argentina, with their four children. When he is not working, Batalla stays busy as president of the Argentina Buenos Aires Litoral Stake.
1996	Michael Dane Broberg graduated with a MAcc degree in 1996 after earning a BS in information systems from BYU. In February 2009 he became vice president of Hitachi Consulting, a global business and IT consulting company with operations in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Before working with Hitachi, Broberg also worked for Arthur Andersen in San Jose, California, and Portland, Oregon; in 2002 Arthur Andersen was acquired by Hitachi. He and his wife, Stephanie, are the parents of five children and live in Portland, Oregon. Broberg is a board member of the BYU Management Society Portland Chapter and a member of the Project Management Institute. He has published articles in Portland Business Journal and Daily Journal of Commerce.
1997	John David Brown released his first volume of a three-book contract in October with Tor Books, the largest publisher of science fiction and fantasy in the world. The book, Servant of a Dark God, is set in a world where humans are ranched by beings of immense power. Brown graduated from the Marriott School in 1997 with a MAcc after completing a BA in English. When not writing, he works as an education consultant at Infor Inc., the largest ERP software company focused on mid-market companies. He also spent time as a business consultant with Arthur Andersen. He and his wife, Nellie, live with their four daughters in Laketown, Utah.
2000	Shane D. Dille graduated with an MPA from the Marriott School in April 2000 and has been engaged in the public service sector in the Phoenix area. He is currently the deputy town manager of Queen Creek, Arizona, where he oversees the operation of departments such as utilities, transportation and capital investment, community development, parks and recreation, and public works. He held similar positions in Gila Bend, Arizona; Wickenburg, Arizona; and Buckeye, Arizona; after spending his college years in Rexburg, Idaho, and Provo. Dille and his wife, Camille, are the parents of three children and currently reside in Queen Creek, Arizona, a community of nearly 25,000. The family enjoys camping in the pine areas of northern Arizona.
2001	Toshiyuki Nishimura is manager of the arbitration and mediation departments at the Japanese Commercial Arbitration Association, the only permanent commercial arbitral institution in Japan, which provides services for disputes arising from international business transactions. His responsibilities include administering the proceedings of international commercial arbitration and meditation, organizing seminars and conferences, and editing the JCAA newsletter. Nishimura graduated with an MPA in 2001 and was immediately recruited by the JCAA as a special assistant to the president. He and his wife, Emiko, met in Provo and were married in 2001. They are the parents of two children and live in Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken, Japan. Mandi Marie Cohn Yanez has had the opportunity to work with several organizations since graduating with an MPA in 2001. Many of her employers have been in education, such as the Department of Defense Education Activity in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Campbell University. Yanez married her husband, Michael, in June 2006 and has been involved with the military community in North Carolina and Alabama since he was deployed in 2007. The couple has one daughter, and Yanez is currently a stay-at-home mother in Enterprise, Alabama. She hopes to be able to return to school and earn a graduate degree in history to teach at the collegiate level.
2003	Lisa Ann Rayko Farrar is a training development specialist with the International Training and Education Center on HIV, a position she has held for three years. She is responsible for training materials and programs on HIV, AIDS, and other infectious diseases for health care workers in developing countries. Farrar is currently leading training development for projects in Uganda, Nigeria, and the English-speaking Caribbean countries. She earned an MPA from the Marriott School in 2003. Farrar and her husband, Jacob, live in Orlando, Florida, with their two dogs. When Capt. Jonni Lane Smith finished his MPA in 2003, he was perfectly situated for a career in the U.S. Air Force. With his undergraduate education in mechanical engineering, Smith’s technical knowledge and management skills landed him the position of project engineer and section commander at Luke Air Force Base in Phoenix, Arizona. Since July 2007 Smith has been stationed at Lajes Field, Portugal, Air Force Base, where he serves as the deputy asset management flight chief. Smith and his family have become fluent in Portuguese and attend the off-base Portuguese branch of the LDS Church. Smith also serves on base as Scoutmaster. Smith’s career took a dynamic turn when he was deployed to Afghanistan in October 2008. Leaving his family in Portugal, Smith joined a team that worked to move NATO operations from an old civilian terminal building of Kabul Afghanistan International Airport to the north side of the airfield. This resulted in a $150 million construction project. As migration project engineer, Smith oversaw the construction and inspections of thirty-seven buildings. Smith and his team worked seven days a week with only half a day off for Christmas to complete the project on time. Smith finished his deployment in May 2009. Smith and his wife, Shannon, who earned an MPA in 2001 from the Marriott School, have two children.
2004	Jared Larrabee has worked for Deloitte Consulting for five years with clients in the energy, technology, and public sectors. He is currently employed as a consulting manager and is responsible for strategy execution, process improvement, cost reduction, and technology projects focused on delivering enterprise value to his clients. Larrabee has also held positions with Strong Investments and Professional Electrical Services Inc. He earned an MPA from the Marriott School in 2004 and a BIS at Southern Utah University. He has assisted Goodwill International in developing strategic communications and organizing office greening events. In May 2007 he published an article, “The Virtuous Cycle of Community Involvement: How Community Involvement Programs Can Help Bridge the Skills Gap,” in Strategic HR Review. Larrabee and his wife, Kathy, who earned an MPA from the Marriott School in 2004, are the parents of two girls and live in Houston.
2005	Jeremy Scott Bingham earned his MBA with an organizational behavior emphasis from the Marriott School in 2005 and has worked in a variety of industries since graduation. He currently works for GTECH Corporation, a gaming technology and services company, as a senior security and audit analyst. He has also consulted for clients that include Intel, Sun Microsystems, and Alamo Learning Systems and spent two years after graduation in the learning and development department of Dell Inc. Bingham is a local Cub Scout leader and committee member and volunteers his time with unemployed and underemployed individuals to help improve their job situations. He and his wife, Katy, live in Round Rock, Texas, with their two young daughters.
2006	Armando Cesar Gutierrez Velasco earned a BS in business management in 2006 and immediately moved to Los Angeles where he found employment as a legal assistant for a law firm and later as a support specialist for Imagine Learning. Velasco married his girlfriend, Cornelia, and the couple traveled around the country to such places as San Francisco, Hawaii, and New York before moving to Germany to live closer to his wife’s parents. Velasco currently works in licensing and acquisition at Jakun Media UG in Hamburg, Germany, with responsibilities in research and negotiating licenses content from foreign markets. He also keeps up a professional blog at webseries.posterous.com and was recently featured as a guest editorial writer with the web site tubefilter.tv. He and Cornelia live with their daughter in Hamburg, Germany, where he is beginning his studies for an MA in international business administration. Colby Ryan Morris recently finished a JD at Arizona State University, with high pro bono distinction, after earning an MPA from the Marriott School in 2006. He has been appointed to serve as a judicial law clerk for the presiding judge of the Alaska Superior Court’s Fourth Judicial District. He was also the recipient of the U.S. Presidential Service Award. Morris’ previous work experience includes human resources for LDS Welfare Services in Salt Lake City, as well as clerk responsibilities with the Alaska Department of Law, the Arizona Court of Appeals, and the law firms Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite and Maxwell & Morgan, PC. Morris and his wife, Rachel, have three sons and live in Fairbanks, Alaska. They enjoy traveling, hiking, and camping.

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