Family Outreach Conference

Brought to you by
Family Life Education Institute
and BYU School of Family Life

Conference Schedule

Friday, 6 February 2004
Brigham Young University, Wilkinson Center, Provo, Utah

7:00-9:00
Room 3228 Registration and Materials Distribution

8:30-9:25
Room 3220-3224

Welcome: Tamara Gilliland, Co-Founder, Family Life Education Institute

Introduction: James Harper, Director, School of Family Life

Opening Plenary: E. Jeffrey Hill
Sharing and Defending the Proclamation

“What Some Are Doing” – Break-out Sessions: These sessions will provide excellent examples of existing efforts to strengthen families in a variety of realms.

9:30-10:15
Break-out Session I

Room
Realm

3211
Public Policy
The Place of Morality in Family Life and Society: Just Why is it Good to be Good?

A. Scott Loveless

How can you be a force for true good in society today? There are two competing views of "good" in society today - that of political correctness under its various guises versus traditional religious views of morality culminating in "love thy neighbor as thyself." We will discuss, examine the pros and cons, and learn how to identify and respond to the purveyors' of moral relativism
.

3220
Family Life Education/Counseling
Promoting Community Marital Well-being through Comprehensive Community-based Systems

Paul James Birch

Community-based marriage strengthening initiatives may help coordinate existing efforts, which are often scattered, isolated, and unconnected with one another. A comprehensive systemic approach that combines efforts through community-based initiatives is proposed. The role of religious congregations is elaborated and data from a recently completed study of 122 such efforts is reported.

3222
Family Life Education
Family and Parenting: Reaching the Masses (A 20 Year Perspective: From best-sellers to Talkshows to Websites)

Richard and Linda Eyre

This session will discuss how the Eyres wrote their first parenting book, Teaching Your Children Joy, how that led to the NY Times #1 bestseller Teaching Your Children Values, which led to world wide speaking and media opportunities. How the process of reaching people with a pro family message has changed over the past twenty years will be discussed, as will the nine powerful "Engines of Change” that if catalyzed, have enormous positive impact on families.

3223
Extension System
Pre-Marital Education on the Internet
James Marshall

Research has shown that couples who participate in marriage preparation or strengthening courses tend to communicate better, solve problems more effectively, and report better relationships than couples who do not. Unfortunately, these courses are not widely available due to cost, availability, and public awareness. Saying “I Do:” Consider the Possibilities provides any couple with internet access the opportunity to participate in a free, quality, marriage preparation or enrichment experience.

3224
Entrepreneurship
Enhancing Family Life Through the Physical Structure of the House
Don Aslett and Sandra Phillips

Find out how creative construction can enrich family life and we can better encourage hobbies, guests, health practices, take care of aged parents, increase spirituality, sustainability and affordability by designing and building it into our homes. You will be taught how a house by its very structure, can bring families together and how we can help share this concept with others.

3250
Social Services
What the Family Center of Utah Valley is Doing to Support Families
Diana Kimber

This break-out session will provide participants with an overview of the importance of parent education, as well as the services provided at the Family Center of Utah Valley. Participants will learn how they can get involved with the Family Center and how they can apply the techniques used by the Family Center in other settings.

3252
Social Services
Defending the Traditional Marriage in light of the Public Arena
Jerry Harris

Recent rulings regarding gay marriage and proposals regarding gay parent adoption bring to question the stability of the traditional marriage. This session will look at what we can do to help stem this tide of events.

3280
Public Policy
Public Policy: Defending the Definition of Marriage
William Duncan

Confusion about the nature of marriage and the family among some policymakers has created an imperative need for careful participation in public policy questions related to the family by a wide range of professionals and citizens. The current debate over the definition of marriage will be a particularly important area for such participation.

3290
Family Life Education
101 Ideas to Strengthen Marriages In Your Community
Jenny Steed Mackay

10:15-10:25
Break

10:30-11:15		Break-out Session II
Room	Realm
3211	Public Policy			How Members of the Church Can Have an Impact in the Debates of Public Policy			A. Scott Loveless
				The Family Proclamation admonishes us to take all "necessary measures" to strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society. This call is particularly urgent in contemporary society, where proposals to redefine marriage, weaken parental supervisory roles and diminish the impact of religious values in public life are gaining substantial ground. Members of the Church should be aware of the legal reasoning behind recent legal rulings redefining family life, and how and why that legal reasoning can and should be challenged. The discussion will examine the current threats to the values stated in the Proclamation and explore how members of the Church can have a positive impact in this important public debate.
3220	Family Life Edu./ Counseling			GrowthClimate: Combining Family Life Education with Family Therapy	Kenneth H. Patey
				This session will address the powerful shift from teaching relationship skills and techniques, to the teaching of Principle-Based Psycho-Educational Material for Families. The session will also detail the elements which prompted the adding of a counseling component to the education center. If you are a FLE, add a counseling component; if you are a counselor, add a FLE component. WHAT YOU OFFER EDUCATIONALLY, HOWEVER, IS CRITICAL! Learn how CFLE's can actually make their work financially viable!
3222	Extension System			A New Model for Better Marriages and Better Marriage Education	H. Wallace Goddard
				Scholars from Cooperative Extension have been working together to develop a national model of marriage and couple relationships and to build a curriculum based on that model. Several things are unique about this effort. It is based on recent research that challenges old assumptions. As an Extension project, materials will be made available to all users at minimal cost. It is intended to be user-friendly―for both facilitators and audiences.
3223	Extension System			The Dakota Fatherhood Initiative: Building Leadership to Promote Responsible Fatherhood				Sean Brotherson
				The Dakota Fatherhood Initiative (DFI) is a grassroots collaboration comprised of various programs and individuals from North and South Dakota who work with fathers in a variety of settings. Its primary objective is to promote responsible, involved fathering for the benefit and well-being of children and families. This is accomplished through the development of resources, training, and leadership capacity to strengthen responsible fatherhood.
3224	Social Services/ Counseling			Understanding and Strengthening Motherhood			Lili de Hoyos Anderson
				This session will negotiate a clear understanding of gospel ideals in a post-feminist climate, and explore how we can help women in all stages translate the prophetic pronouncement into practical and meaningful life choices.
3238	Family Life Edu.			Community Outreach for Blended Families	Tera Duncan
				This break-out session is designed to offer direction on how to implement reasonably priced educational workshops for blended families in your community. Tera Duncan describes her experiences regarding curriculum development, community networking, and success in helping blended family members apply skills that strengthen family relationships.
3252	Social Services			Welcome Baby	Jen Yorgason
				Welcome Baby is a non-profit volunteer program aimed at educating and lending support to first-time parents in Utah County. Trained volunteers participate in monthly home visits, supplying information about infant development, and safety/health issues pertaining to the child during that month. They also inform parents of available community resources and provide access to an extensive video, book, and article library containing the most recent infant development information.
	Religious Sector			Strengthening Families through Books, Firesides, Retreats, & Seminars		Gary and Joy Lundberg
				Learn what it takes to write, publish and promote a book, how to connect with wards and stakes to present firesides, how to organize marriage retreats, and promote seminars. Discover your own unique approach as the Lundbergs share theirs.

“How To Do It” – Learning Circles: These sessions will provide you with the nuts and bolts of successful family strengthening efforts. Topics include practical processes every program or project needs, personal insights, and guidelines for involvement in various realms.

11:20-11:50			Learning Circle I
Room	Realm
3280-3290	Extension System			Finding Your Gifts and Fire	H Wallace Goddard
				The opposition we face in this world could distract, overwhelm, or frustrate our efforts. There are too many great ways you could get involved in strengthening families to do them all. And not everyone can or wants to help families in the same way. Those who are most successful in reaching out to families find ways that maximize their unique strengths and abilities, or "gifts" in areas they are passionate about. Everyone has a measure of passion that compels him or her toward certain interests and efforts - this is the "fire." This session will help participants recognize their own gifts and fire, and will help them be better prepared to join or initiate efforts through which they will make the greatest difference for families.
3280-3290	Family Life Edu.			Methods for Engaging the Lay Audience	Stephen Duncan
				Engagement is not a reference to marital status, it means active involvement in the learning process. How can we promote the active engagement of participants? Learn ways of organizing instructional content based on the wedding of principles from family life and adult education that can be applied to various delivery formats (e.g., workshops to Internet articles).
3280-3290	Social Services			Web-based Family Life Education	Brynn Steimle
				This presentation will discuss the development and formative evaluation of the Forever Families website. In addition, many other currently available FLE websites that promote Proclamation principles will be discussed, as well as practical implications for those interested in disseminating FLE information through the Internet.

3280-3290	Education System		Reaching and Strengthening Latino Marriages and Families	Danny Hatch and Linda Skogrund
			This presentation will provide information regarding how members of the Latino culture view marriage and family life. Specific recommendations will be provided for helping professionals provide effective programming with this population.
3280-3290	Family Life Edu.		Finding and Choosing Resources	Natalie Goddard

3280-3290	Education System		Promotion Using the Media	Tonya Fischio
			Public relations allows you to communicate important information to families as well as those who work with families. Utilizing specific communication tools you will expand your reach and impact more lives. In this session you will learn the basics of public relations and how to make public relations work for you.
3280-3290	Education System		Grants: Improving Your Chances of Getting Funded	Roberta Magarrell
			Learn how to prepare grants in such a way that you can get feedback from the grantors before submission time to improve your chances of getting funded. Participants will also learn about having strong statements of need and a few tips on how to do so.
3280-3290	Home Front		Balancing Efforts to Reach Out with Efforts Within	Cheri Loveless
			Rearing children in a culture often at odds with family life means parents will feel a constant "call" to do double-duty. Yet, attempts to combine parenthood with outside work, even volunteer efforts to improve our communities, will eventually fail if based on principles of management meant not for families but for the workplace. This session invites participants to revolutionize their thinking on goal-setting, time management, and other worn-out management techniques by applying the life lessons of parenthood to work instead of applying workplace mentality to family life.
3211	Education System		Current Research Brief: Parenting	Susanne F. Olsen

3211	Education System		Using the Internet as a Delivery Vehicle	Abby Viveiros
			All family life educators should consider utilizing the great features of the Internet in promoting families. With its high speed and power, the Internet allows you to communicate to a large international audience within seconds. Learn the benefits of using the Internet in your efforts to promote the values of marriage and family.

11:55-12:25		Learning Circle II
Room	Realm
3280-3290	Extension System		Finding Your Gifts and Fire		H. Wallace Goddard
			The opposition we face in this world could distract, overwhelm, or frustrate our efforts. There are too many great ways you could get involved in strengthening families to do them all. Those who are most successful in reaching out to families find ways that maximize their unique strengths and abilities, or "gifts" in areas they are passionate about. Everyone has a measure of passion that compels him or her toward certain interests and efforts - this is the "fire." This session will help participants recognize their own gifts and fire, and will help them be better prepared to join or initiate efforts through which they will make the greatest difference for families.
3280-3290	Family Life Edu.		Developing Family Life Education Resources		Stephen Duncan
			While many family life educational resources programs exist, these resources are of varying quality, not always following high program development standards. Effective family outreach programs contain certain widely accepted elements of quality. Come learn these elements and how to insure they are part of your efforts.
3280-3290	Social Services		Web-based Family Life Education		Brynn Steimle
			This presentation will discuss the development and formative evaluation of the Forever Families website. In addition, many other currently available FLE websites that promote Proclamation principles will be discussed, as well as practical implications for those interested in disseminating FLE information through the Internet.
3280-3290	Entrepreneurship		The Magic of the Pen: Doing Good Things with the Insights You Have		Brenton G. Yorgason
			The objective of this session is to provide concrete ways, within your interests and capabilities, to help others enjoy Family Life! We will explore how to write and publish a book, particularly one suited to the LDS market. The published book: On Wings of Words: Writing and Publishing a Book Made Easy will be provided to each attendee.
3280-3290	Public Policy/ Edu. System		Why Marriage Education is Gaining Momentum and How Students and Others Can Hop on Board the Train			Alan Hawkins
			A number of forces are combining to make the practice of marriage education--broadly defined--a growing and needed service. We will discuss why this is so. Moreover, you will learn various ways you can get involved, from just a few hours a week to a full-time professional.
3280-3290	Education System		Promotion Using the Media		Tonya Fishio
			Public relations allows you to communicate important information to families as well as those who work with families. Utilizing specific communication tools you will expand your reach and impact more lives. In this session you will learn the basics of public relations and how to make public relations work for you.
3280-3290	Education System		10 Ways to Make A Difference and What the School of Family Life is Doing to Support These Efforts			Adrian Juchua

3280-3290	Extension System		Strengthening Marriage in Latter-day Saint Contexts		Sean Brotherson
			Strengthening marriage and couple relationships is a fundamental need for healthy children, families and communities. What are strategies and approaches that can be applied to strengthening marriages specifically in Latter-day Saint contexts? This session will overview a variety of approaches to working with Latter-day Saint couples, families and communities to strengthen marriage.
3280-3290	Home Front		At Home and Abroad		Tamara Gilliland
			A discussion of ways to blend the sacred duties of your own family life with the prophetic call to strengthen the families of the world.
3211	Education System		Effective Family Outreach through Various Media		David Dollahite
			Learn about writing articles on marriage and family for newspapers and magazines; giving good interviews to reporters on complex family issues; and being the best interview for television and radio.
3211	Education System		Using Marketing Concepts and Tools to Promote the Family		Michael J. Swensen
			The objective for this session is to explore, learn, and understand fundamental components of marketing and how each is related to creating and sustaining value for customers. We will focus on marketing strategy which involves two major activities: (1) selecting the appropriate target markets and (2) specifying the marketing mix that creates and sustains value for the targeted markets.


	12:30-1:00		Lunch

	1:00-2:00		Room 3220-3224
			Lunch Plenary: Charles A. Smith Courage In Things That Matter: Valor and Compassion in Reaching out to Families Being a parent educator and family life advocate can be a test of personal resolve and determination in the face of adversity. Somehow we must find the courage to move forward, even within a field without an established career track, where quality resources may be hard to find, and where much of the public may not appreciate or may even oppose the good news of family life that we are attempting to bring. This plenary will focus on how courage and compassion give us strength as we move forward to support families.

	2:05-2:35		Learning Circle III
	Room	Realm
	3280-3290	Extension System			Using Mass Media to Reach Larger Audiences with A Better Message		H. Wallace Goddard
					Unfortunately the best discoveries in family and human development do not always get communicated to mass audiences. The family field needs effective communicators who can translate new discoveries into helpful messages. This session will describe various successful efforts to use pamphlets, web sites, books, and television to reach mass audiences with research-based messages.
	3280-3290	Family Life Edu.			Developing Useful Evaluation Tools		Stephen Duncan
					For many, the term evaluation evokes feelings of strong discomfort, worry, even fear. Yet evaluation is one way we improve our service to others. Come learn some basics of formative and summative evaluation tool design for assessing your efforts and program impacts.
	3280-3290	Education System	Current Research Brief: Youth	J. KellyMcCoy

	3280-3290	Entrepreneurship			The Magic of the Pen: Doing Good Things with the Insights You Have		Brenton G. Yorgason
					The objective of this session is to provide concrete ways, within your interests and capabilities, to help others enjoy Family Life! We will explore how to write and publish a book, particularly one suited to the LDS market. The published book: On Wings of Words: Writing and Publishing a Book Made Easy will be provided to each attendee.
	3280-3290	Family Life Edu.			13 Realms of Involvement in Family Life Education and How to Get Involved			Lissel Dalton
					Family Life Education as a professional field is growing rapidly. In this session participants will be introduced to thirteen areas or realms of involvement (either paid or volunteer) where family life educators are practicing, and a model of involvement developed by the Family Life Education Institute. This presentation will also provide specific suggestions for ways that family life educators can strengthen the institutions of marriage and families in each of the realms.
	3280-3290	Education System			Using the Internet as a Delivery Vehicle		Abby Viveiros
					All family life educators should consider utilizing the great features of the Internet in promoting families. With its high speed and power, the Internet allows you to communicate to a large international audience within seconds. Learn the benefits of using the Internet in your efforts to promote the values of marriage and family.
	3280-3290	Education System			10 Ways to Make A Difference and What the School of Family Life is Doing to Support These Efforts	Adrian Juchua

	3280-3290	Extension System			Strengthening Marriage in Latter-day Saint Contexts		Sean Brotherson
					Strengthening marriage and couple relationships is a fundamental need for healthy children, families and communities. What are strategies and approaches that can be applied to strengthening marriages specifically in Latter-day Saint contexts? This session will overview a variety of approaches to working with Latter-day Saint couples, families and communities to strengthen marriage.
	3211	Home Front			At Home and Abroad		Tamara Gilliland
					A discussion of ways to blend the sacred duties of your own family life with the prophetic call to strengthen the families of the world.
	3211	Education System			Using Marketing Concepts and Tools to Promote the Family	Michael J. Swenson
					The objective for this session is to explore, learn, and understand fundamental components of marketing and how each is related to creating and sustaining value for customers. We will focus on marketing strategy which involves two major activities: (1) selecting the appropriate target markets and (2) specifying the marketing mix that creates and sustains value for the targeted markets.

	2:40-4:00		Room 3220-3224
			Closing Panel Plenary
			Moderator:			Alan Hawkins
			Panel Members:			H. Wallace Goddard
						Richard and Linda Eyre
						Adrian Juchua
						William Duncan
						Stephen Duncan
						Charles A. Smith
						Christian B. Anderson and Lili de Hoyos Anderson

	4:00-5:00		Networking Hour
PRESENTER INFORMATION

Abby Viveiros				Abby is currently finishing her Master's degree in Marriage, Family, and Human Development with emphasis on premarital predictors to prevent divorce. She works part-time on campus as the Executive Director of the RELATE Institute, am the School of Family Life's Outreach Education Assistant Coordinator, and the creator of the Before Forever Premarital Resources web site. Her most important role, however, is being a wife and mother of two children.
Adrian Juchua
Alan Hawkins				Alan Hawkins is professor of family life at BYU and a Certified Family Life Educator. He recently returned from Washington D.C. where he was a visiting scholar with the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he was helping with federal initiatives to help couples build and sustain healthy marriages.
Brenton G. Yorgason				Having spent seventeen years as a marriage and family therapist, Dr. Brenton G. Yorgason is a nationally noted keynote speaker. Founder of The Lighthouse Insitute (http://www.thelighthouseinstitute.com), he addresses organizations on the topic of CAPTURING YOUR DREAMS: Experiencing Change from the Inside Out. He is also a part-time instructor at Brigham Young University. Dr. Yorgason received a PhD in family studies and marriage and family thereapy. In addition to motivational speaking and personal guidance as a life balance coach, he has authored or co-authored over eighty books. Dr. Yorgason's newest release: CAPTURING YOUR DREAMS: 6 Disciplines that will Transform Your Life and Leadership is presently being "shopped" with New York publishers for national publication. This is his 85th published work, and is the crowning point of his work as a marriage and family therapist, dealing with change, growth, and personal leadership.
Brynn Steimle				Brynn is the associate director of the Forever Families website, and also works for the state of Utah as a child care licensing specialist. In addition, she has taught parenting at BYU. She has a Master's degree in Marriage, Family, and Human Development. Her husband, Joshua, runs a Web development firm in Salt Lake.
Charles A. Smith				Charles A. Smith is a professor and extension specialist at Kansas State University with more than 30 years of experience working with parents and young children. He is the author of The Peaceful Classroom: 162 Easy Activities to Teach Preschoolers Compassion and Cooperation which has been translated into five languages. This summer, his new book, Raising Courageous Kids: Eight Steps to Practical Heroism, will be published by Sorin Books at Notre Dame University. He is married and the father of two children.
Cheri Loveless				Cheri Anderson Loveless grew up in the Washington, D.C. area. Co-founder of the national support organization Mothers At Home, she has served as editor of its publication Welcome Home and as associate editor of This People and Meridian magazines. She is married to her best friend, A. Scott Loveless, and is the mother of eight children.
Christian B. Anderson and Lili de Hoyos Anderson				Lili de Hoyos Anderson attended BYU and graduated in Sociology. After almost 20 years of being a full-time homemaker, Sister Anderson completed her Masters degree in Social Work. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and does individual, marriage and family counseling. Two years ago, Sister Anderson completed her PhD in Marriage and Family at BYU. She currently has a private practice in counseling and teaches classes at BYU for the School of Family Life as adjunct faculty. Her greatest love, after the gospel and her family, is teaching. Christian B. Anderson, LCSW, after graduating from BYU in Sociology, received his Masters in Social Work from the University of Oklahoma in Norman. LDS Family Services named him the director of the Salt Lake Agency. Recently, Brother Anderson's assignment was changed to the Headquarters Office as a Program Specialist. His work with the agency has included extensive counseling with individuals, marriages, and families. The Anderson's eight children range in age from 16 to 28. They are affectionately referred to as the "Alphabet Kids" because their names are Adam, Bethany, Caitlin, Dominic, Eden, Faith, Graydon, and Harper. The Andersons also have five grandchildren and are currently expecting a sixth.
Danny Hatch				Danny Hatch is a Ph.D. Candidate at Utah State University.

Linda Skogrand	Linda Skogrand, PhD, is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Family, Consumer, and Human Development at Utah State University. She received her BS from the University of Minnesota Social Work, her MS from the University of Nebraska Human Development and the Family, and her PhD from the University of Minnesota Education (Emphasis on Family Education). Her professional life has been a blend of working in social service organizations and as a professor in academic settings.
David and Tamara Gilliland	Tamara Gilliland, M.S., C.F.L.E, MOM - Co-founder of the Family Life Education Institute, recent adjunct faculty of the School of Family Life, adoring wife of David, joyful mother of Myesha and Kalina.
David Dollahite	David Dollahite is an associate professor of Marriage, Family, and Human Development, received his Ph.D. in Family Science from the University of Minnesota in 1988, and joined the MFHD faculty in 1993. Dr. Dollahite has published extensively on families, fathering, and faith. Dr. Dollahite's scholarly interests focus on religion and families. He and his wife, Mary, are the parents of seven children.
Diana Kimber
Don Aslett	Don Aslett is owner of Varsity Contractors Inc., (one of the leading facility service companies in the nation), and INHOMEVATIONS. He is recognized through thousands of media appearances and by the 40+ books he has written. His life pursuit has been to make the world and cleaner place, with much less junk, litter, and clutter. He is married to Barbara. The couple has six children and 18 grandchildren.
Sandra Phillips	Sandra Phillips is Owner of INHOMEVATIONS, a company whose pursuit is to enrich family life. She was general contractor for her own low maintenance home features on CBE television with other national media. She appears regularly on HGTV as an expert home economist. Sandra is married to Dr. Reed Phillips. They have eight children, six grandchildren, and reside in Los Angeles.
H. Wallace Goddard	Wally Goddard is a Family Life Specialist for the University of Arkansas Extension Service. He was one of four scholars appointed by the U.S. government to develop a model of parenting and has written popular parenting and teen programs that are used nationwide. His research at Auburn University included gathering data from over 14,000 teenagers. Dr. Goddard has also written for Meridian Magazine and the Franklin Covey Company. He is a popular speaker with groups of all ages. He and his wife, Nancy, have three children, three grandchildren, and have cared for over twenty foster children.
J. Kelly McCoy	Kelly McCoy is an assistant professor of MFHD at Brigham Young University. He’s been married to his sweetheart Darla for 18 years. They now have 5 children.
James Harper	Director of School of Family Life and Professor of Marriage, Family, and Human Development at Brigham Young University
James Marshall	James P. Marshall, Ph.D., L.M.F.T. is a Family Life Extension Specialist in the Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development at Utah State University. He and his wife, Kathie, have four wonderful children. They enjoy playing, exercising, and eating out together.
E. Jeffrey Hill	Dr. E. Jeffrey Hill has been an associate professor in the School of Family Life since coming to BYU in 1998. Before that time he was a senior HR professional at IBM where he was a subject matter expert in work and family issues. Jeff received a BA in Communications from BYU in 1977, a Masters of Organizational Behavior from BYU in 1984 and a PhD in Family and Human Development from Utah State in 1995. He teaches a variety of courses in the School of Family Life as well as a Work and Family class in the Marriott School of Management. Jeff and his wife Juanita have been married for 27 years and are the parents of 9 children.
Jen Yorgason	Jennifer Yorgason graduated in August 2002 from BYU in Marriage Family Human Development. Her emphasis in Family Life Education led her to volunteer as a home visitor for Welcome Baby. Currently, she is coordinating the Welcome Baby program as an AmeriCorps Promise Fellow.

Jenny Steed Mackay	Jenny Steed Mackay is the owner of A&E Family Publisher, a company that produces activity handbooks for strengthening marriages and long distance relationships. She worked for A&E Family Publishers for over two years before becoming the owner. She graduated from Brigham Young University in the field of Marriage, Family, and Human Development.
Jerry Harris
Gary and Joy Lundberg	Gary and Joy Lundberg - Gary is a marriage and family therapist and Joy is a writer and lyricist. They co-author books on family relationships and values, and speak throughout the U.S. They are serving a part-time Church Service Mission at the BYU World Family Policy Center. Parents of five children.
Kenneth H. Patey	Kenneth H. Patey, M.S., is the founder of the GrowthClimate® Outreach Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to assisting abuse victims and any who are hurting emotionally. For more than 25 years, he has been observing and cataloguing relationship patterns. Ken has lived in Canada, England, the United States, and the Middle East and has traveled extensively in many other countries. He is married and is the father of 11 children. Add 35 grandchildren and you quickly see that he has had an in-home laboratory for observing human interaction for many years. Coupled with his experience as a professional educator and therapist, he has vast experience in helping individuals learn how to create healthy relationships, as well as teaching them how to avoid painful ones.
Lissel Dalton	Lissel Dalton, CFLE is currently finishing her Masters degree in Family Studies at Concordia University in St. Paul, MN. She graduated with her Bachelors degree in Marriage, Family and Human Development from Brigham Young University in 2002. She currently is working with the Family Life Education Institute as their Outreach and Conference Coordinator, as well as running her own business where she works with other family professionals in creating and facilitating workshops, curriculums, and publications and coordinating conferences, workshops, and seminars. Lissel and her husband, Tyler, will be celebrating their 3^rd Anniversary on Feb. 22.
Michael J. Swenson	Michael J. Swenson is Department Chair, Business Management, and Ford Motor Company Professor of Marketing at the Marriott School, Brigham Young University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in 1989 and joined the BYU faculty that same year. Formerly an account manager with Xerox and Digital Equipment Corporation, Professor Swenson is an active researcher/consultant. Professor Swenson teaches the MBA Marketing Management courses and the MBA Sales Management course at the Marriott School, Brigham Young University.
Natalie Goddard	Natalie C. Goddard currently loves serving as wife of Andy, mother of Max(4) and Sam(2), and Co-Founder and President of the Family Life Education Institute.
Paul James Birch	Paul James Birch is Director of Latter-day Families and Research Director for the Sexual Addiction Research and Treatment Institute. His programs focus on creating comprehensive systems of care for marriage and treatment of sexual addictions, particularly pornography. Paul is married to Janet Lord and the couple are parents of three lovely children.
Richard and Linda Eyre	Linda and Richard Eyre, parents of nine children and authors of a dozen best selling family and parenting books, are now focusing on the phase they are entering: Empty Nest Parenting. Through their web sites valuesparenting.com and www.emptynestparenting.com, their frequent media appearances on media like Oprah, The CBS Early Show and BYU Television, and their world-wide lecture tours, they continue to work at their mission statement to "popularize parenting, validate values, and bolster balance." Linda is a teacher and musician and founder of "Joy Schools" who was named by the National Council of Women as one of America's 6 outstanding young women. Richard, a former Mission President in London and candidate for Governor, was the director of the White House Conference on Parents and Children for Pres. Reagan. The Eyres each have served on numerous civic, arts, university, and humanitarian boards and head a foundation that focuses on the needs of third world children.
Roberta Magarrell	Roberta is an Assistant Professor and the School of Family Life Internship Coordinator. She has run a high quality academically linked internship program since 1995. She has developed numerous Lesson Modules, a Student Guide and Supervisor's Manual, contract forms Roberta has published several articles regarding developing Internship programs and has presented at regional, national, and international internship conferences. She will soon be publishing a chapter entitled "Best Practices in Academic Standards for International Internships.”

A. Scott Loveless	Dr. Loveless was appointed Executive Director of the World Family Policy Center at the BYU Law School in January 2001. In addition to his law degree, received in 1978, he completed a Ph.D. in Family Studies in April 2000. After observing the adverse consequences of divorce among both parents and children within his circle of acquaintance while living in the Washington, D.C. area, he became concerned with the high national divorce levels and decided to pursue a doctorate in that field. He completed his Ph.D. in a part-time course of study over more than 8 years while simultaneously working full-time as an attorney with the U.S. Department of the Interior working on environmental, public lands, and water-related issues. His doctoral dissertation focused on the human-relational effects of personal philosophies of happiness. Scott and his wife of 27 years, Cheri, are the grateful parents of 8 children.
Sean Brotherson	Sean E. Brotherson, PhD, is an assistant professor and extension family science specialist at North Dakota State University. His work focuses on research and educational programs related to strengthening children and families. He holds master's and doctoral degrees in family science from Brigham Young University and Oregon State University. He is married and has five children.
Stephen Duncan	Stephen F. Duncan is a Professor in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University. He is nationally known for his efforts to strengthen relationships in the home through outreach education. At BYU, he teaches the Proclamation course, trains undergraduate and graduate students to be family life educators, and directs the Forever Families website (foreverfamilies.byu.edu). He and his wife Barbara are parents of five chidren, ages 9 to 20.
Susanne F. Olsen	Susanne Olsen is an Associate Professor of Marriage, Family, and Human Development in the BYU School of Family life. She received her Ph.D. in Child and Family Development from the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia in 1992, and joined the MFHD faculty in 1993. Prior to that time she was on the faculty at Dixie College in St. George, Utah.
Tera Duncan	Tera Duncan, part time faculty in the Marriage, Family & Human Development Dept. has experience as a stepchild in her family of origin and as a stepmother in her new blended family of 6 children. Tera has been teaching college level courses in health, human development, psychology, marriage and family for over 17 years. She is currently in a PhD program in family psychology.
Tonya Fischio	Tonya Fischio is currently the public relations specialist for the BYU Family Studies Center. She has worked in the public relations field for eight years. She has experience working in agency, corporate and non-profit settings. Her area of expertise is media relations as she has worked with both local and national media outlets.
William C. Duncan	William C. Duncan is a visiting professor and the executive director of the Marriage and Family Law Grant at the J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University. He was previously acting director of the Marriage Law Project, Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America. Mr. Duncan has published numerous articles in legal journals and other publications on issues related to family law and policy and the constitution.