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Rosalynde Frandsen Welch is Associate Director and a Research Fellow at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. Her research focuses on Latter-day Saint scripture, theology, and literature. She holds a PhD in early modern English literature from the University of California, San Diego, and a BA in English from Brigham Young University. She is the author of Ether: A Brief Theological Introduction, published by the Maxwell Institute, as well as numerous articles, book chapters and reviews on Latter-day Saint thought.

Dr. Lynne Hilton Wilson earned her Ph.D. in Theology and American Religious History from Marquette University. Her doctoral dissertation compared Joseph Smith’s understanding of the Spirit with his contemporaries. She has published several articles and books. She is the co-founder of Book of Mormon Central, now ScriptureCentral.org. She and her husband, Elder Dow R. Wilson live in Palo Alto, California. They have seven children, all with red hair.

Ryan is a Leadership Coach and Consultant who focuses on development coaching with expertise in executive and leadership coaching, transition and onboarding coaching, and behavior and habit change. Ryan’s work helps clients meet new challenges and rise to their potential during important points in their leadership progression.

Janelle Webster, LMFT is a practicing trauma therapist in Walnut Creek, CA. She studied graduated with a finance degree from BYU in 1998 and then received a Master’s in Counseling from St. Mary’s College of CA in 2022. Janelle has four kids and has been married 25 years and enjoys road trips, hip - hop and pop music, and water aerobics.

Dr. Tyler Johnson--a clinical associate professor of medicine and oncology at Stanford University Medical School--is a physician, author, educator, and humanitarian. A medical oncologist, Dr. Johnson sees patients with all types of gastrointestinal malignancies and particularly focuses on patients with neuroendocrine tumors, colon cancer, and pancreas cancer. Dr. Johnson is an author with a growing reputation for insightful analysis of the intersection of medicine, ethics, and spirituality. His writings has been featured by Religion News Service, the Salt Lake Tribune, BYU Studies, Dialogue, and The San Jose Mercury News, where he is a regular contributor. He serves on the editorial boards of both BYU Studies and Wayfare and has written extensively on modernity loss of faith and meaning and the role of spirituality in constructing a purposeful and fulfilling life.