University of Utah 200 S. Central Campus Drive Olpin Student Union Salt Lake City, UT 84112 July 29-August 1 INDEX OF PARTICIPANTS GUIDE TO NUMBERING: WEDNESDAY = 000’S, THURSDAY = 100’S, FRIDAY = 200’S, SATURDAY = 300’S ADIKHARY, CARU DAS 236 DECKER, KRISTYN 154 KENDRICK, C. JANE 154 PENFOLD, MELI (CURTIS) 126 SWALLOW, BROOKE 176, 214, ALLGOOD, NECA 226 DEHLIN, JOHN P. 311, 375 KERN, PETER 381 PETERSON, RACHEL 212, 277 335 ALLRED, JANICE 161, 224, 351 DIETERING, AVERYL 312 KIMBALL, TOM 264 PETERSON, BOYD 155 SWENSON, JESSICA 312 ANDERSON, CHRISTIAN 166, DIGERNESS, RIVER 126 KIPP, DANIEL 213 PHILPOT, COREY 122, 216, SWICK, JOE STEVE III 151 217, 224 DIXON, JESSICA 173 KIPP, LAURA 213 266, 334 TAVES, ANN 151, 171 ANDERSON, KRISTINE MILLER DRAKE, CHRISTA BAXTER 324 KIPP, RYAN 213 POOL, JERILYN HASSELL 113, TAYLOR, AARON 153, 172 365 DRIGGS, KEN 251 KNICKERBOCKER, AMANDA 122, 153, 172, 215, 312, 341 TAYLOR, ARWEN 126, 134 ANDERSON, LAVINA FIELDING EASTMAN, ALAN 091, 191, 251 FARR 123, 153 POTTER, R. DENNIS 152, 266 TAYLOR, SHEILA 152 272, 373 EDMUNDS, TRESA 127, 365 KOESTER, ELLEN 312 QUINN, D. MICHAEL 111, 162, 264 TIMOTHY, MICHAEL 212 ARCHIBALD, SOPHIE DUCROCQ ELLIS, DELL 112, 127, 133 KOFFORD, GREG 356 RABADA, COURTNEY 373 TINAJERO, ANYA 234, 262, 321 214 EOR 273 KRAMER, BRAD 371 RASHETA, ANISSA 331 TONGA, KALANI 251, 262, 275, BAGLEY, WILL 272 FAIRBANKS, CAMILLE STRATE KRAUT, KEVIN 271 READ, DAVID 371 331 BALLARD, TIMOTHY 191 156 LANGSTON, KATIE 132, 151, 191, READ, TERRY 131 TOSCANO, MARGARET 351 BAKER, PAULA 233 FERGUSON, MICHAEL ADAM 236, 264 REED, MICHAEL G. 151 TRUJILLO, CAMI 212 BARNES, MARK 112, 331 291 LANKFORD, SYLVIA 156 REEL, BILL 235, 261 VOGEL, DAN 171 BARRUS, CLAIR 231 FISHER, ADAM 322 LARSEN, CHRISTIAN 165 REES, ROBERT A. 124, 166, 173, WALKER, VICTOR 326 BASQUIAT, JENNIFER HUSS FISHER, MARY 322 LARSEN, JOHN 325, 336, 353 226, 261, 272, 302 WALLACE, JOANNA 112 174, 237, 271 FORBES, THAYNE 125, 241, 335 LEE, DEREK 122 REEVE, W. PAUL 222 WATERMAN, ALAN ROCK 361, BENCH, CURT 356 FORSGREN, NICOLE 122, 291 LEWIS, KEVEN 133 REITER, TONYA 114 375 BENCH, LANDON 381 FROST, JAKE 241, 352, 364 LINDSEY, LUNA 135 RICHARDS, J. KIRK 113 WHEELER, JOSEPH 316 BENNETT, APRIL YOUNG 351 FULLER, MILES 355 LINES, KENNETH 176 ROBERTS, ALICE FISHER 132, WHEELWRIGHT, HANNAH 163, BENNION, KRISTIN 374 GARFF, STEVEN 265 LINKHART, ROBIN 131, 162, 223, 274, 355 326 BENTLEY, LACY 191 GEORGE, CARLENE 167 236, 361 ROBERTS, BRYNDIS 112, 217, WHIPPLE, RACHEL 155 BINGHAM, RYAN STUART 267 GEHRETT, MICHELLE 175, 322, LONG, MATT 352 262, 371 WHITELEY, AMBER 134, 233, BLAIR, JEN 316 363 LUDLOW, MARCEE MONROE ROBERTS, FATHER TOM 121 314 BOKOVOY, DAVID 091 GIBBS, CHELSEA 312 156 RONEY, TRISTIN 274 WHITNEY, BRIAN 221, 313 BRADFORD, CHRISTOPHER 237 GOATES, JAMES D. 212 LUKE, TREVOR 151 ROSS, NANCY 113, 217, 263, 373 WILCOX, RICHIE 353 BRADLEY, DON 167, 171 GONZALEZ, JENNIFER 262, MACKLEY, CHRISTINE 271 ROWE, JILL HAZARD 372 WILDE, ANNE 271 BROOKS, JOANNA 366 316, 351 MADSEN, RON 155 ROWLEY, SCOTT 211, 352 WILLIAMS, TROY 277 BROWN, HILARY 234 GOWEN, JERRY 191 MADSON, JOSHUA 152, 273 RUSSELL, WILLIAM 131, 166, 317 WOODHOUSE, SARA JADE 226 BROWN, RACHEL 156 GROVER, MIKE 381 MALAN, PAUL 123, 132, 161, SAAVEDRA, CARLOS 316 WOODWORTH, WARNER 155 BRUNO, CHERYL 151, 231 GROVES, SHARON 277 236, 357 SALLEH, FATIMAH S. 174, 236, WORTHINGTON, ALISHA 177 BRYANT, SETH L. 355 GRUBBS, AMY 365 MALONE, BRANDT 122, 211 251 WOTHERSPOON, DAN 155, 221, BURLINGAME, SARA 122, 135, GRUBBS, JEFF 365 MAYNE, MITCH 251 SCHMID, MURIEL 324 232, 251 156, 277, 341 HAMER, JOHN C. 313, 352 MCCALL, KIM 091 SCHMIDT, ROY 136, 332 YOUNG, HEATHER 123 BURTON, D. JEFF 232 HAMILTON, JULIA 333 MCCAUSLAND, SARA 227 SCHULZ-JONES, ROSE 214 ZOLLINGER, JAKE 213 BUTTERWORTH, LISA 174 HANKS, JOANNE 125 MCCLUSKEY, NATHAN 132 SCOTT, BRITTNI 123 ZVIRZDIN, JAMIE 156 CALDERWOOD, CARSON 363, HANKS, MAXINE 167, 354 MCGEE, BILL 176, 276, 324, 352 SCOTT, BROOKE 365 375 HANSEN PARK, LINDSAY 154, MCGRIGGS, MICA 113, 154, 222, SCOTT, CRYSTAL 214, 335 CALDERWOOD, MARISA POND 171, 311, 366 267, 274 SHAW, ANA NELSON 123, 153 375 HANSEN, JODY ENGLAND MCHOOD, REBECCA 191 SHEPHERD, GARY 373 CALDIERO, ALEX 173, 323 127, 372 MCPECK-STRINGHAM, MARISA SHEPP, STAN 154, 271 CALDWELL, BROOKE 372 HANSEN, NADINE 164, 217, 123 SHIELDS, CHELSEA 331, 381 CAPELLA, MARINA N. 224 356, 373 MENLOVE, FRANCES LEE 202 SHIFFLER-OLSEN, BONNIE 173 CARDON, KRISTEN 312 HARDING, MARIANNE HALES MILLER, DESIREE 123 SHROPSHIRE, LIZ 354 CARLSTON, KATHY 374 173 MONEY, KRISTY 112 SMART, ED 191 CARTER, SEAN 112 HENDERSON, KATIE DAVIS 153 MOONEY, DANIELLE 112 SMITH, CHRISTOPHER C 171 CARTER, STEPHEN 141, 162, HENDRICKS, ALAINA 212 MOORE, GRAYSON 226 SMITH, DAYMON M. 371 202, 225, 232, 302 HODSON, KRISTIN 177 MURPHY, JIM 091, 191, 251, SMITH, GEORGE D. 152 CHRISTENSEN, DANIELLE 333 HOILAND, ASHLEY MAE 156 291, 327 SMITH, JASON R. 165 CHRISTENSEN, VERLYNE 227, HOMER, MICHAEL W. 276 NAEGLE, CHRIS 111 SMITH, JULIE M. 091 235 HORLACHER, GARY 362 NELSON, DAVID CONLEY 272 SMITH, LEE 175 CHRISTIANSEN, DAVID 381 HORSTMANHOFF, EARNEST NELSON, MICHAEL G. 153 SMITH, NATASHA 262 CLUCK, BRIANNA 126, 312 362 NEWMAN, CYNTHIA ROBBINS SMITH, PAUL H. 164 COE, DEBRA OAKS 372 HOWARTH, MEGAN 312 351 SMITHSON, JIM 155 COLLETT, SARAH 173, 215, 321 JEFFS, TREVOR 154 NEWMAN, JACOB 233 SNUFFER, DENVER C. 371 COLVIN, GINA 091, 112, 132, 152, JENSON, DEBRA E. 112, 373 NICKOLAISEN, MICAH 311 SNYDER, RANDY 352 251, 262, 366, 373 JOHNSEN, LAURA EVERSHED NOKLEBY, MATTHEW 122 SPRIGGS, GEORGE ANDREW COMPTON, GEORGE R. 136 177, 226 OSMOND, RUSS 141 122, 263 CREGO, MARK 216 JOHNSON, FLIP 265, 375 OSTLUND, GLENN 352 SPURLOCK, JAKE 325, 336, 364 CROSSAN, JOHN DOMINIC 091, JONES, EDWARD 224 OVERTON, JO 123 STAKER, SUSAN 332 111, 152 JONES, JIMMY 275 OVIATT, DIANE 372 STANFORD, JOSEPH 335 CROWE-HUGHES, CHRISTY 225 JONES, KEVIN 272 PARKER, NATASHA HELFER STEVENS, MICHAEL J. 091, 334 DABAKIS, JIM 277 227, 374 STONE, DANIEL 163 DALE, ESTHER 124, 223, 323, JUDD, KATRINE SHELTON 114, PEARSON, DAVID 233 STRIDER, LUCAS KIERNAN 126 362 233, 317 PEARSON, JAMIE 233 STROMBERG, LORIE WINDER DAVIS, MARK 153 KELLY, KATE 375 PECHIN, AMBER 381 112, 121 2 | SUNSTONE 2015 | SALT LAKE SYMPOSIUM 2015 SALT LAKE If you express disagreement, please do so without personal attacks on the character, religious observance, or intelligence of other parties. 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