Leadership Team

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  Mark H. Willes
  Mark H. Willes was appointed president and CEO of Deseret Management Corporation. He is also CEO of KSL Broadcast Group. His previous position was as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Times Mirror. Before joining Times Mirror, Mr. Willes was vice chairman of General Mills, Inc. He also previously served with the Federal Reserve System and began his career as an assistant professor of finance at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Mr. Willes received his A.B. degree from Columbia College, New York City, and his Ph.D. from the Columbia Graduate School of Business.

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  Clark G. Gilbert
  Clark G. Gilbert is the president and CEO of Deseret News and Deseret Digital Media. Prior to joining DMC, Gilbert was the associate academic vice president at BYU-Idaho over online learning and distance education. He was also on the faculty at the Harvard Business School where he focused on the media industry’s migration to the Internet. He received an B.A. from Brigham Young University and a M.A. from Stanford University. He also earned a doctorate in Business Administration from Harvard. Gilbert and his wife, Christine, are the parents of seven children.

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  Sheri Dew
  Sheri Dew is the President and CEO of Deseret Book Company. Prior to being named to her current position, she was the executive vice president of publishing for Deseret Book. She has served as a counselor in the General Presidency of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was a White House delegate to the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations, and is the author of the official biographies of Presidents Gordon B. Hinckley and Ezra Taft Benson as well as a number of other best-selling titles. She is a graduate of Brigham Young University.