About the Foundation
Mission Statement
Supporting The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through scholarship.
The Interpreter Foundation supports the Church in the following ways:
- Promotion: We provide tools to encourage and facilitate personal learning by study and faith, and disseminate accurate information to the public about the Church.
- Explanation: We make the results of relevant scholarship more accessible to non-specialists.
- Defense: We respond to misunderstandings and criticisms of Church beliefs, policies, and practices.
- Faithfulness: Our leadership, staff, and associates strive to follow Jesus Christ and be true to the teachings of His Church.
- Scholarship: Our leadership, staff, and associates incorporate standards of scholarship appropriate to their academic disciplines.
The Interpreter Foundation is an independent organization that supports but is not owned, controlled by, or affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The material published by the Interpreter Foundation is the sole responsibility of the respective authors and should not be interpreted as representing the views of The Interpreter Foundation or of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Daniel C. Peterson
President
Larry K. Ainsworth
Vice President
For over fifteen years Larry and his wife Laura served on BYU’s Community Volunteer Councils for the Neal A Maxwell Institute and the Department of Nursing. The exposure they gained to testimony-strengthening scholarly publications that defend the faith developed into a passion. Larry serves as chair of the Interpreter Advisory Council. He served a mission in the British/England East Mission. He and his wife served the YSA in the same mission from 2012-2014. Larry and Laura are the parents of three sons and have 21 grandchildren.
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
Vice President of Special Projects
Steven T. Densley, Jr.
Executive Vice President
Kristine Wardle Frederickson
Vice President
Jeffrey Dean Lindsay
Vice President
Jeff has a PhD in chemical engineering from BYU and is a US patent agent. He is currently Senior Advisor for ipCapital Group, assisting clients in creating intellectual property and innovation. He was recently the Head of R&D and IP for a US consumer product company, Lume Deodorant, and from 2011 to 2019 was the Head of Intellectual Property for Asia Pulp and Paper in Shanghai, China, one of the world’s largest forest product companies. Since 2015, Jeff has been recognized as a leading IP strategist by Intellectual Asset Magazine based on peer input. He is also lead author of Conquering Innovation Fatigue (John Wiley & Sons, 2009). Jeff served a mission in the German speaking Switzerland Zurich Mission. He and his wife Kendra are the parents of four boys and have eleven grandchildren.
Shirley Smith Ricks
Vice President
Allen Wyatt
Vice President of Operations
Before serving with the Interpreter Foundation, Allen served as vice president of FAIR and founding president of the More Good Foundation. He has written articles for the FARMS Review and various online venues, including Meridian Magazine.
Godfrey Ellis
Associate Editor
Jeffrey D. Lindsay
Co-Editor
Tanya Spackman
Manager of Editorial Services
Allen Wyatt
Managing Editor
Kevin Christensen
Brant A. Gardner
Louis C. Midgley
George L. Mitton
Gregory L. Smith
Ed Snow
Ted Vaggalis
Matthew L. Bowen
David M. Calabro
Craig L. Foster
Taylor Halverson
Benjamin L. McGuire
Tyler R. Moulton
Martin S. Tanner
Bryan J. Thomas
John S. Thompson
A. Keith Thompson
Robert S. Boylan
Benjamin I. Huff
Jennifer C. Lane
David J. Larsen
Ugo A. Perego
Stephen D. Ricks
Lynne Hilton Wilson
Mark Alan Wright
Donor Relations
Jann E. Campbell
Legal Advisors
Preston Regehr
Scott Williams
Interpreter Advisory Committee
Larry Ainsworth
Rob Haertel
Interpreter Radio
Matthew Bowen
Kevin Christensen
Steve Densley
Craig Foster
Kris Frederiksen
John Gee
Terry Hutchinson
Mark Johnson
Mike Parker
Dan Peterson
Jasmine Gimenez Rappleye
Neal Rappleye
Stephen Smoot
Hales Swift
Martin Tanner
Bruce Webster
Production Editors and Designers
Timothy Guymon
Jacob Harmon
Alan Sikes
Editorial Consultants
Eden Buchert
Daniel Evensen
Jolie Griffin
Deidre Marlow
Don Norton
Kaitlin Cooper Swift
Elizabeth Wyatt
Media and Technology
Jacob Ames
Richard Flygare
Mark Johnson
Jacob Harmon
Steve Metcalf
Tyler R. Moulton
Tom Pittman
Russell D. Richins
Alan Sikes
S. Hales Swift
Victor Worth
Donate to the cause
The Interpreter Foundation is a nonprofit organization. All journal publications and video presentations are available for free by digital download and streaming. The price of hard copy versions of journal articles covers only the cost of printing; books are typically priced to help cover both upfront pre-publication expenses and royalties to authors when applicable. In some cases, the Foundation may subsidize publication costs to keep retail prices affordable. The Foundation does not profit from sales of its publications.