Business meets belief: Highlights from the 13th annual Latter-day Saint MBA Conference
By Morgan Pearson April 19, 2023 05:41 PM MDT
Ron and Debbie Harrison share experiences from their careers and Church service at the Latter-day Saint MBA Conference.
Photo by Adam McMurtrey, courtesy of the Latter-day Saint MBA Society
As the president and CEO of Stanford Health Care, David Entwistle is used to sharing how he helped navigate an entire healthcare system through a pandemic, but he may not always share the challenges he faced doing so while simultaneously serving as bishop of his local Latter-day Saint congregation. Ron and Debbie Harrison, who both work for Marriott International, have traveled all over the world as executives of the successful hotel company, but they don’t always get to share their experiences as mission leaders in Belgium or in volunteering at events hosted by the Church’s International and Public Affairs office in Washington, DC. And that is the beauty of the Latter-day Saint MBA Conference—there are two unifying characteristics of all attendees: they all have an interest in business, and they want to learn from those who have been successful in the business world as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
One hundred and sixty Latter-day Saint young adults convened in an assembly hall on the campus of Stanford University last weekend to participate in the 13th annual Latter-day Saint MBA Conference.
There were several common threads throughout the various speakers and panelists’ remarks. A prominent theme was recognizing the unique responsibility the gospel gives Church members to be a light and a unifying force in a darkening world.
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April 14th + April 15th, 2023
stanford graduate school of business
Palo Alto, CA
In-person Only
A special thanks in advance to our speakers for making time to share timely messages with us.
Note: all schedule times listed below are in Pacific Daylight Time (“PT”), home to Stanford School of Business