Meet the Team

Paul S. Edwards has directed the Wheatley Institute since August 2019. Previously he served as deputy chief of staff to Utah Gov. Gary Herbert where he directed the governor’s communications and guided state policy innovations... Read more.

Jason S. Carroll has been the Associate Director of the Wheatley Institute since September 2018. He is also a Professor in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University and a Senior Fellow for the Institute for Family Studies... Read more.

Emily M. Reynolds is Assistant Director of the Wheatley Institute and part-time faculty in the Department of Psychology at Brigham Young University. Her research interests include the theoretical grounding of the discipline of... Read more.

MarLayne Sinclair serves as the Business and Financial Officer for the Wheatley Institute. She has worked for a variety of local, national, and international corporations, organizations, and non-profits and, for 28... Read more.

Jonathan Pike is the Research and Program Officer at the Wheatley Institute. Previously he worked for the Wheatley Institute as a Research Assistant when an undergraduate student and as Project Specialist... Read more.

Sarah is the communications manager for the Wheatley Institute and leads a student team to oversee outreach for the organization. She has an undergraduate degree in public relations and a masters of public administration from BYU... Read more.

Richard N. Williams was the founding Director of the Wheatley Institute, having served through more than a decade of initial development and growth. Previous to his time at the Wheatley Institute, he spent a decade in the... Read more.