Clark Gilbert

Clark Gilbert
Clark Gilbert in 2019
1st President of BYU–Pathway Worldwide
In office May 1, 2017 – August 1, 2021
Succeeded by	Brian K. Ashton
16th President of BYU–Idaho
In office April 13, 2015 – April 10, 2017
Preceded by	Kim B. Clark
Succeeded by	Henry J. Eyring
Personal details
Born	(1970-06-18) June 18, 1970 (age 54) California
Spouse	Christine Gilbert
Children	8
Alma mater	Brigham Young University (B.A.) Stanford University (M.A.) Harvard University (D.B.A.)
Profession	Academic administrator, CEO, professor
Website	[1]

Clark G. Gilbert (born June 18, 1970) has been a general authority seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 2021^[1] and the Church Commissioner of Education since August of that year.^[2] He was the president of BYU–Pathway Worldwide (BYU–PW), an online higher education organization, from its creation in 2017 until August 2021.^[3][4] He was serving as the sixteenth president of Brigham Young University–Idaho (BYU–Idaho) when he was appointed inaugural president of BYU–PW. Previously, Gilbert served as president and CEO of both the Deseret News and Deseret Digital Media, having also served as an executive vice president of Deseret Management Corporation, a professor at Harvard Business School (HBS), and as an associate academic vice president at BYU–Idaho.^[5][6]