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Malcolm Adcock was born in Norfolk, England, and grew up in London. After secondary school, he attended the University of Kent at Canterbury. He served as mayor of Daventry, a town in the British Midlands. At the time of the interview, he was the associate area director for the Communication Department in the Europe Area of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Rob Bishop served as a member of the US Congress from 2003 to 2021 from Utah’s 1st congressional district. He was a high school teacher for twenty-eight years before being elected to Congress. He also served in the Utah State House of Representatives, including one term as Speaker of the House. In addition, he was the chair of the Utah Republican Party for four years.

Russell “Rusty” Bowers is a native of Mesa, Arizona. He received a bachelor’s degree in art and an MBA from BYU. He was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 1992 and served four years. Then, he was elected to the Arizona State Senate where he served one term. He was elected to the House again in 2014 and became House speaker in 2019. At the time of the interview, Russell Bowers was Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Arizona Legislature. He became nationally known in 2022 after testifying at the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 United States Capitol attack about the efforts of the Donald Trump presidential campaign to pressure him to refuse to certify the Arizona presidential election results, which he refused to do. As a result of his refusal, he was defeated for reelection in the 2022 Republican primary election.

Anne Neu Brindley was raised in Minnesota and joined the church while in college. Later, she transferred to BYU and graduated with a degree in family science. She was elected as a state legislator in 2017. At the time of the interview, she was the deputy Republican leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives.

Rebecca Casper received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in political science from BYU. After working at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, she went back to school and received a PhD in political science from UC–Berkeley. She taught courses at BYU–Idaho and managed an independent political consulting firm. She was elected mayor of Idaho Falls in 2013, reelected in 2017, and again in 2021.

Moises “Mo” Denis was born to a Cuban immigrant family in Brooklyn, New York. His family eventually settled in Las Vegas, Nevada. Denis began his political career with involvement in the library board and the PTA before running for state legislature. At the time of the interview, he was the president pro tempore of the Nevada State Senate. Denis has also held several leadership callings in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints concurrent with his public service, including as a bishop, high councilor, counselor in a stake presidency, and counselor in a mission presidency.

Frerich Gӧrts was born near Dusseldorf, Germany. After studying public policy and law at universities in Germany and Switzerland, he began a career as a civil servant. He was personal advisor to the German federal minister for Post and Telecommunications and then became state secretary of the German Federal Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. He also has served in a number of leadership callings in the church, including bishop, stake president, and Area Seventy.

Ralf Grünke was born and raised in the German city of Erlangen. He received his undergraduate degree in political science with a minor in journalism from Brigham Young University and his graduate degree from University of Erlangen–Nuremberg. He earned a PhD in political science from the University of Chemnitz. He was elected to the Nidderau City Council and later became a candidate for the Hessen Parliament.

Karen Hale graduated from the University of Utah in mass communication. She served in the Utah State Senate from 1999 to 2006. She served as senate assistant minority whip. She was the Democratic nominee for Utah lieutenant governor in 2000 and 2004. She later served as communications director for both Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County.

Deidre Henderson graduated from high school in Taylorsville, Utah, before attending Brigham Young University. She served in the Utah State Senate from 2013 to 2021. She ran unsuccessfully for US Congress in a special election in 2017. In 2020, she was elected Utah lieutenant governor and was serving in that position at the time of the interview.

Lyle Hillyard was born and raised in Cache Valley, Utah. He received a bachelor’s degree from Utah State University and received a law degree from the University of Utah. Hillyard served in the Utah House of Representatives from 1980 to 1984. He then served in the Utah Senate from 1985 to 2020. He currently lives in Logan, Utah.

Grant Hunter, a native of Alberta, Canada, graduated from Brigham Young University with degrees in economics and political science. He earned an MBA from North Central University. He was elected as a member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly for Taber-Warner in 2015, 2019, and 2023. At the time of the interview, he was the associate minister of red tape reduction in the Alberta provincial government.

Brian King is a native of Salt Lake City, Utah. He graduated from the University of Utah and the University of Utah Law School. He served a Latter-day Saint mission in St. Louis, Missouri. He was first elected to the Utah legislature in 2008. At the time of the interview, he was the Utah House of Representatives minority leader.

Vilmar Kräehenbüehl grew up in Lucerne, Switzerland. He attended the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and received a master’s degree in civil engineering. He currently lives in Switzerland and is a member of the audit committee in his political community. Previously, he served in the canton council of Zurich.

Ben McAdams was a member of Congress from Utah’s 2nd congressional district from 2019 to 2021. Prior to that he served for six years as mayor of Salt Lake County and three years as a Utah state senator representing a Salt Lake City district. McAdams is a graduate of the University of Utah and Columbia University Law School. At the time of the interview, he was a senior fellow at the Sorenson Impact Center at the Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah and was serving as counselor in his ward bishopric.

Aimee Winder Newton received an associate degree from BYU–Idaho and a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from the University of Utah. She served as the first communications director for the newly formed city of Taylorsville, Utah, and served on various committees in the city’s government. She was elected to the Salt Lake County Council in 2014 and was elected chair of the council in 2018. She ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for governor of Utah in 2020. At the time of the interview, she was a member of the Salt Lake County Council.

Dawn Ramsey was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. She attended Salt Lake Community College before taking a break from education to raise her family. At the time of the interview, she was working on a bachelor’s degree at Brigham Young University. She was elected mayor of South Jordan, Utah, in 2017, becoming the first woman to hold that position.

Harry Reid was a native of Searchlight, Nevada. He served as a US representative from Nevada and as Nevada’s lieutenant governor before being elected to the US Senate in 1986. He was in the US Senate for thirty years. During that time, he served as US Senate majority leader from 2007 to 2015 and as US Senate minority leader from 2005 to 2007 and 2015 to 2017. He was the highest-ranking government official who was a Latter-day Saint. He passed away on December 28, 2021.

Holly Richardson lives in Pleasant Grove, Utah. She graduated from BYU with a nursing degree. She served in the Utah House of Representatives from 2011 to 2012 before resigning to manage the US Senate campaign of Dan Liljenquist. At the time of the interview, she was the editor of Utah Policy, an online political newsletter.

Terry Rooney was a member of the UK Parliament representing Bradford, England, from 1990 to 2010. He was the first Latter-day Saint to be elected to Parliament and, so far, has been the longest-serving. His wife, Susanne, served as a city councilor in Bradford. At the time of the interview, he was the bishop in his home ward.

Yéah Samaké holds a bachelor’s degree in teaching English as a second language from the University École Normale Supérieure (Bamako, Mali) and a master’s of public policy from BYU. He joined the church in 2000. He served as mayor of Ouélessébougou, Mali, and as Malian ambassador to India. He founded the Empower Mali Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps rural communities with education, healthcare, and clean water. In 2011, he founded a political party in Mali—the Party for Civic and Patriotic Action. In 2013 and 2018 he ran for president of Mali and, at the time of the interview, was planning a third run for president.

Richard Swett is a native of New Hampshire and a graduate of Yale University. He served as a member of Congress from New Hampshire from 1991 to 1995. He also was the US ambassador to Denmark from 1998 to 2001. He was the Democratic nominee for the US Senate in New Hampshire in 1996. At the time of the interview, he was the bishop of his ward.

Andria Tupola was born and raised in Hawaii. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in music education. She served a mission in Venezuela. She was a Republican member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019. She ran for governor of Hawaii in 2018. At the time of the interview, she was serving as a member of the Honolulu City Council.

Carlton Wing is a native of North Little Rock, Arkansas, and received a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from BYU and an MBA from Harding University. He was a sports broadcaster in Little Rock, Arkansas, and now owns his own production company. He was elected to the Arkansas State House of Representatives in 2016. At the time of the interview, he was the president of the North Little Rock Arkansas Stake.

Sue Zwahlen was born and raised in Modesto, California. After high school, she attended nursing school and then became an emergency room nurse. She served on the Modesto City School Board of Education from 2009 to 2017. She joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after graduating from high school. At the time of the interview, she was serving as the mayor of Modesto, California, and held three callings in her ward.