Clark Gilbert
Clark G. Gilbert (born June 18, 1970) has been a general authority seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 2021 and the Church Commissioner of Education since August of that year. He was the president of BYU–Pathway Worldwide (BYU–PW), an online higher education organization, from its creation in 2017 until August 2021. He was serving as the sixteenth president of Brigham Young University–Idaho (BYU–Idaho) when he was appointed inaugural president of BYU–PW. Previously, Gilbert served as president and CEO of both the Deseret News and Deseret Digital Media, having also served as an executive vice president of Deseret Management Corporation, a professor at Harvard Business School (HBS), and as an associate academic vice president at BYU–Idaho.
Clark Gilbert | |
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Clark Gilbert in 2019 | |
| 1st President of BYU–Pathway Worldwide | |
| In office May 1, 2017 – August 1, 2021 | |
| Succeeded by | Brian K. Ashton |
| 16th President of BYU–Idaho | |
| In office April 13, 2015 – April 10, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Kim B. Clark |
| Succeeded by | Henry J. Eyring |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 18, 1970 California |
| Spouse | Christine Gilbert |
| Children | 8 |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University (B.A.) Stanford University (M.A.) Harvard University (D.B.A.) |
| Profession | Academic administrator, CEO, professor |
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