Clark Gilbert

Clark Gilbert
Clark Gilbert in 2019
General Authority Seventy
April 3, 2021 (2021-04-03)
Called by	Russell M. Nelson
1st President of BYU–Pathway Worldwide
In office
May 1, 2017 – August 1, 2021
Successor	Brian K. Ashton
16th President of Brigham Young University–Idaho
In office
April 13, 2015 – April 10, 2017
Predecessor	Kim B. Clark
Successor	Henry J. Eyring
Personal details
Born	(1970-06-18) June 18, 1970 (age 54) California
Alma mater	Brigham Young University (B.A.) Stanford University (M.A.) Harvard University (D.B.A.)
Spouse(s)	Christine Gilbert
Children	8
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]