1 hr 31 min
075 Live! With David Ostler & Guest Host Deborah Squires-Coleman 21st Century Saints
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David B. Ostler Bio
Professionally, David is retired. He has a Bachelor of University Studies from the University of Utah in Quantitative Methods and an MBA from Dartmouth College where he was an Amos Tuck Scholar. Before retirement, his career focused on evidence-based medicine, including products for health insurance companies, hospitals, governmental health purchasers, physician groups and pharmaceutical companies. Prior to retirement, he was Executive Vice President of Optum International,and Chairman of United Health, UK.
As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, David Ostler has served as a bishop, stake president, mission president, and as a director of a Church historical site and visitors' center. He has served three full-time and two church service missions, most recently in his home stake working with leadership to understand why people no longer believe or no longer attend. With his wife, they have six wonderful children—some of whom no longer hold basic Latter-day Saint beliefs. He wrote Bridges: Ministering to Those Who Question, a book about how to minister to those who question the first edition was released in July 2019. The second edition was released in April 2022.
Presently David works to find ways to create dialogue and relationships with people who believe differently in religion and politics. He has lived and served on four continents. Married to Rachelle Ostler, they have 6 children and 6 grandchildren.
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David B. Ostler Bio
Professionally, David is retired. He has a Bachelor of University Studies from the University of Utah in Quantitative Methods and an MBA from Dartmouth College where he was an Amos Tuck Scholar. Before retirement, his career focused on evidence-based medicine, including products for health insurance companies, hospitals, governmental health purchasers, physician groups and pharmaceutical companies. Prior to retirement, he was Executive Vice President of Optum International,and Chairman of United Health, UK.
As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, David Ostler has served as a bishop, stake president, mission president, and as a director of a Church historical site and visitors' center. He has served three full-time and two church service missions, most recently in his home stake working with leadership to understand why people no longer believe or no longer attend. With his wife, they have six wonderful children—some of whom no longer hold basic Latter-day Saint beliefs. He wrote Bridges: Ministering to Those Who Question, a book about how to minister to those who question the first edition was released in July 2019. The second edition was released in April 2022.
Presently David works to find ways to create dialogue and relationships with people who believe differently in religion and politics. He has lived and served on four continents. Married to Rachelle Ostler, they have 6 children and 6 grandchildren.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jane-christie/message
1 hr 31 min