Latter-day Saint MBA Podcast

Latter-day Saint MBA Society

We seek, by way of business, the betterment of individuals, organizations, and societies through principles-based leadership, mentoring, and service.

  1. Scott & Kassidy Sorensen

    12/13/2022

    Scott & Kassidy Sorensen

    Scott Sorensen is an MBA Candidate at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to the GSB, he led the finance, data, and technology endeavors of Twin Bridges Hospitality, a hospitality-focused asset management firm with $1.2B AUM. He was the first employee who helped expand the portfolio from one hotel with 31 rooms to fourteen hotels with more than 2,000 rooms. Within this role, Scott wore many different hats to drive business initiatives forward, including business intelligence system implementations, operational due diligence, cost structure evaluation, website development, and property renovation oversight. Prior to joining Twin Bridges, Scott worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in their Capital Markets Accounting Advisory Services (CMAAS) practice in the Dallas and Washington, D.C. offices. While there, he worked with many Fortune 500 Clients to identify, strategize, and implement technical accounting solutions. Scott received his B.S. in Accounting from the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University. He is originally from Salt Lake City and enjoys swimming, surfing, and playing pickleball in his spare time. Kassidy is a first year MBA candidate at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to the GSB, Kassidy was a product manager at Capital One where she led product strategy for the Capital One credit card application. She hopes to continue on the path of leveraging technology to provide more inclusive financial resources. She grew up in Las Vegas, NV, but was most recently living in Dana Point, CA. She graduated with a degree in Finance from Brigham Young University. She loves pickleball, volleyball, yoga, and sushi – she served a mission in the Japan Fukuoka Mission.

    56 min
  2. Elder Robert Gay

    11/22/2022

    Elder Robert Gay

    Elder Robert C. Gay is an emeritus General Authority Seventy of the Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a General Authority he helped develop and implement theChurch’s global self-reliance initiative and served as the Chairman of Self-Reliance Services andthe Perpetual Education Fund Committee. He also served as a member of the Presideny of theSeventy, as the President of the Asia North Area and as a member of the worldwide MissionaryExecutive Council and the Board of Trustees for The Church Education System. Additionally, hehas served as a full-time missionary in Spain and as mission president for the countries ofGhana, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Professionally, Elder Gay has dedicated most of his service to private equity management. He iscurrently Chairman of Kensington Capital Holdings which has investments throughout Asia,Europe, and the United States. He is the co-founder and past CEO of Huntsman Gay GlobalCapital, past CEO of Bain Capital Europe and Chairman of the Management Committee for BainCapital Worldwide. Previously Elder Gay also worked in investment banking and as aninternational management consultant for McKinsey & Company in the United States and theUK. Elder Gay along with his wife, Lynette, have co-founded and served as a director on multipleglobal humanitarian organizations which have focused on building schools, medical clinics,microenterprises, clean water boreholes, latrines, and rescuing at risk persons including thosetrapped in modern slavery and illiteracy. Lynette directs their NGO, Engage Now Africa, and theEnsign Global College in Ghana which they founded. Together they endowed the Ballard Centerfor Social Impact at Brigham Young University and recently announced a new global partnershipand Center for Business, Health and Prosperity between the University of Utah and their EnsignGlobal College. Elder Gay earned a PhD in business economics from Harvard University where he also taughteconomics and international finance. He is the recipient of the Utahan of the Year Award, theUnited States Presidential Service Award and the Martin Luther King Center Special RecognitionService Award for Non-Violent Social Change. Robert Christopher Gay was born in Los Angeles, California, on September 1, 1951. He marriedLynette Nielsen in April 1974. They are the parents of seven children and twenty-twograndchildren.

    1h 3m
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