Board of Directors

Brent Evans

  • CEO, Founder

  • BA, University of Utah, 1971

  • MBA, Harvard University, 1973

  • Eleven years in real estate industry

  • Twenty-three years with the O.C. Tanner Co.

  • Twelve years raising capital for several companies

  • Full-time BYU-Pathway Mission, London, England

  • Church Service Missionary BYU-Pathway

  • President, Harvard Business School Club of Utah

  • Boards -Harvard Alumni Association of Utah, Utah Food Bank

Tony Pearce

  • Co-Founder

  • MBA, University of Phoenix, 1986

  • BS in Civil Engineering, Brigham Young University, 1980

  • Thirteen years in the aerospace industry (product development and testing, marketing, and management)

  • Thirty years as inventor/entrepreneur (new technology for and business related to wheelchairs, sporting goods, edibles, and toys)

  • Founder, Purple Innovation (begun in 2016, publicly traded since 2018, stocker ticker PRPL, and has employed over 2,000 people

  • Full-time LDS Young Single Adult Missionary, London Mission (2017-2019)

  • Full-time LDS Missionary (1975-1977), Massachusetts Boston Mission

Jim Cannon

  • Co-Founder

  • BA, University of Utah, 1968

  • JD/MBA, Harvard University, 1972

  • Sixteen years as an officer and pilot in Utah and New Hampshire Air National Guard

  • Practiced law in Boston, Denver, and Salt Lake

  • Church Service Missionary BYU-Pathway

  • Boards: U of U Alumni Association, Harvard Alumni Association of Utah, and some local charities

Eric Gardner

  • Chief Financial Officer

  • BS, University of Utah 1964-Accounting

  • Captain, USAF 1965-1969

  • CPA-Deloitte Touche

  • VP, Treasurer-Terracor Corporation

  • Chmn, Utah Industrial Loan Corporation Board of Directors

  • Board of Directors, President, American Investment Bank, N.A.

  • Mission President, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 2002-2005

  • Councilor Salt Lake Temple Presidency: 2014-2017

  • Ordinance worker, sealer-Salt Lake, Jordan River Temples: 2007-2024

  • Volunteer-International Rescue Committee

Stephen Abu

  • VP, International Operations

  • BS, Business Marketing, USU, 2004

  • MA, Strategic Communication, Westminster College, 2022

  • Founded Abu and McConkie Investments Ltd

  • President, Ghana Tema Stake

  • Founder, World Joy Foundation

  • Deeply Involved in Ghanaian Humanitarian Efforts