KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Elder Peter F. Meurs
Elder Peter F. Meurs was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2, 2016. He is currently serving in the Asia Area Presidency.
Elder Meurs received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Monash University in 1980. He worked as an engineer for Esso Australia and participated in the development of oil and gas production fields. He was a founding partner of Worley Parsons Limited, an international engineering services and project management company. His last assignment was to lead an iron ore expansion project for Fortescue Metals, where he served as an executive director on the board.
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Elder Meurs has served in numerous callings, including branch president, counselor in a bishopric, bishop, high councilor, counselor in a district presidency, counselor in a stake presidency, stake president, counselor in a mission presidency, and Area Seventy.
Peter Fletcher Meurs was born in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, on December 21, 1956. He married Maxine Evelyn Thatcher in January 1979. They are the parents of four children.

Cody Eldridge
Since 2002, Cody has served in various positions in executive management at Wagner Equipment Co. and Wagner International (Caterpillar Dealerships). Currently, he holds the positions of Executive Vice President at Wagner Equipment Co. and Chief Operating Officer at Wagner International. In his dual role, Cody oversees part of the Wagner Equipment Co. U.S. operations and all of the Wagner International Mongolian operations. Prior to joining Wagner, Cody worked in an executive management role for Rust Tractor Co. (another Caterpillar dealership) headquartered in New Mexico. Prior to his Caterpillar experience, Cody owned and operated heavy truck and trailer dealerships across the western U.S. Cody started his career with Arthur Andersen and worked in public accounting for seven years.  Cody earned his CPA in 1987 and graduated with a BBA from the University of New Mexico in 1986. He has been married for 35  years, has 5 children, and 6 grandchildren. 

Sang Gi Bak
He is acclaimed to be one of the best professional business negotiation experts in Korea.  He was invited to the variety of TV shows of major broadcasting systems and companies in Korea -SBS TV, MBC, KBS Radio, TV Chosun, Channel A, MBN News, Arirang TV, JTBC and E-daily TV to discuss and analyze the international negotiations on the matters of diplomacy, business, trade, economy and defense. Recently, his precise forecast and analysis of the negotiation between USA and North Governments were highly estimated and attracted ardent attention from Korean people. Since 2002, he has been providing business negotiation, communication and leadership training and coaching programs to hundreds of Korean companies and foreign companies as well as Korean governmental bodies. During while, he has been hired by major Korean conglomerates as negotiation consultant to successfully solve their international business disputes and contract negotiation problems getting the reputation of ‘True Negotiator’. He was invited to the universities in the USA to give lectures on international business negotiation as the first Korean negotiation expert. He was responsible for global business and marketing in companies such as Hyundai Mobis (Hyundai Motors Group) and Samsung SDI(Samsung Electronics Group), and consecutively served as a senior executive vice president for international contract negotiations in CJ Media.
2017~Present On the course of Ph. D. of  Management Science, Soongsil University, Korea
1999-2000 MBA, Marketing, University of Wisconsin-Madison
(Including ‘Negotiation, Dispute and Conflict Settlement Course’)
1985-1991 Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, Busan University of Foreign Studies

Greg Cook
Greg loves essential oils.  As a founder, Greg helped layout the foundation of dōTERRA, a billion dollar company. Greg’s contributions in strategic planning, business planning, as well as financial sacrifices, all played a key role in defining dōTERRA as a new and different company.  He has been vital in helping establish our global footprint. With a career that spans more than 25 years, Greg is a seasoned business executive with a vast network of key and trusted contacts. He has lived on four different continents including Africa, Europe, North America, and Asia. He and his family recently returned from Shanghai, China, where he was committed to develop lasting relationships and opportunities for dōTERRA in the Greater China area. Greg has a keen passion for humanitarian work. He takes great joy in participating with dōTERRA’s Healing Hands Foundation® as well as the Cō-Impact Sourcing® program to help improve the lives of individuals throughout the world.  

Greg received a BA in International Relations from Brigham Young University. Among traveling, fishing, reading, and keeping up with current events, he finds the most joy in spending time with his wife and their five children.

Steven C. Wheelwright
He is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School.  From June of 2007 through July of 2015 he served as the President of Brigham Young University - Hawaii. From 2003-2006, Professor Wheelwright was a Baker Foundation Professor and Senior Associate Dean, Director of HBS Publication Activities at the Harvard Business School. From 1995-1999, Professor Wheelwright served as Senior Associate Dean responsible for the HBS MBA Program. Professor Wheelwright has a B.S. degree in Mathematics (with minors in physics and chemistry) from the University of Utah and an M.B.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. In addition to his Harvard and Stanford positions, Professor Wheelwright served on the faculty of INSEAD (European Institute of Management) in Fontainebleau, France. He has also served on numerous Corporate Boards including Zions Bancorp, Allegheny Technologies, and O.C. Tanner.

Brad Agle
Brad Agle (PhD, University of Washington) is the George W. Romney Endowed Professor in the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University. He currently serves as Immediate Past President of the International Association for Business and Society, Chairman of Merit Leadership, Chair of the Wheatley Institution Ethics Initiative, on the Board of Directors of the BYU Management Society and on the editorial board of Business Ethics Quarterly. From 1992-2009 he was a professor at the University of Pittsburgh, and the inaugural director of the Berg Center for Ethics and Leadership.  

Dr. Agle is highly published and one of the world’s most cited professors in business ethics. His most recent book is The Business Ethics Field Guide (2016).  He is an award-winning teacher who has taught on multiple continents, has consulted with dozens of organizations, and has been a guest on CNBC’s Morning Call, Power Lunch, and Closing Bell.  He and his wife Kristi have four children and seven grandchildren

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