BYLAWS
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ORGANIZATION & GOVERNANCE
1. Executive Council 2. National Board 3. Finance Committee 4. Other Officers and Staff
1. Executive Council
The Executive Council shall consist of the National President, the National President-elect, the Immediate Past National President, The National Treasurer, and The Corporate Secretary.
2025 National President — Val Parrish
2025 National President-elect - Wally Breitenstein
2025 Immediate Past National President - Nate Pierce
National Treasurer — John E. Elggren, Jr.
National Secretary — Paul Wright
2. National Board
The affairs ... of the National Society shall be managed ... by the National Board
The voting members are the National President, the National President-elect, the Immediate Past National President, the National Treasurer, the National Secretary, and all the Area Vice-Presidents.
2024 National President — Nate Pierce
2024 National President-elect — Val Parrish
2024 Immediate Past National President - John Clayton
National Treasurer — John E. Elggren, Jr.
National Secretary — Paul Wright
NORTHERN AREA & EAST | ATLANTIC AREAS
Nate Pierce ironrod4265@gmail.com
Executive Council liaison
1. Idaho North — Martell Grover – 208.356.6085 | groverm@ida.net
chapters: Eagle Rock, Upper Snake River
2. Idaho South — Norm Rademacher – 208.251.9762 | Radfox2@gmail.com
chapters: Portneuf Pioneers, Grove City, Pocatello
3. Utah North — Darrell Sanders – 435.994.0737 | sanders52darrell@hotmail.com
chapters: Bear River, Box Elder, Temple Fork
4. Utah Ogden — Alan Turner – 801.876.3066 | turnerat7@gmail.com
chapters: Morgan Pioneer, Ogden Pioneer, Ogden Valley
5. Utah Davis — Bob Wall – 801.540.2702 | bobwall008@yahoo.com
chapters: Bountiful, Centerville, Snow Horse
15. East/Atlantic — Steve Kruman – 215.369.1554 | stevkruman@aol.com
chapters: Harmony (Pennsylvania), Washington, D.C.
CENTRAL AREA & WORLDWIDE
Val Parrish valparrish@hotmail.com
Executive Council liaison
6. Salt Lake East — Laird Dummer – 801.944.0072 | wlaird55@gmail.com
chapters: Holladay, Mills, Salt Lake Pioneer, Murray, Temple Quarry,
7. Salt Lake South — Dil Strasser – 801.581.1544 | thestrassers@hotmail.com
chapters: Jordan River Temple, Pioneer Heritage/Canyon Rim, Porter Rockwell, Salt Lake City, Sugarhouse
8. Salt Lake West — Kyle Anderson – 435.840.0611 | andersonks@churchofJesusChrist.org
chapters: Modesto, New Hope, Settlement Canyon, Taylorsville/Bennion, Twenty Wells
14. Arizona — Matt Wharton – 480.650.8499 | floobdab@gmail.com
chapter: Mesa
16. World Wide Pioneers — Mike Poulos – 801.473.4245 | 1mike.poulos@gmail.com
SOUTHERN AREA
Wally Breitenstein w_breitenstein@yahoo.com
Executive Council liaison
9. Utah County North — Dan Adams - 801.792.8066 | upnadams70@gmail.com
chapters: The Mountain Valley, Lehi, Squaw Peak, Timpanogos
10. Utah County South — LaRon Taylor – 801.616.2714 | lrt68@justrawspeed.com
chapters: Brigham Young, Maple Mountain, Mount Nebo, Springville
11. Utah Central — Robert Oliver – 435.813.2022 | nancyleeoliver@gmail.com
chapters: Hole in the Rock, Sevier Valley, Sanpete County
12. Cedar City — Harold Shirley – 435.586.8442 | sharold10@msn.com
chapters: Cedar City, Little Salt Lake
13. Utah South — Robert Gurr – 435.689.2289
chapters: Boulder Dam, Cotton Mission, Hurricane, Red Rocks
Program Directors
Antiquities Director – Brad Clayton bwclayton59@gmail.com
Library Director — Bruce Stewart wearyall@msn.com
Marketing Director - Trevor Magleby trevmag@gmail.com
Membership Director — Mike Poulos 1mike.poulos@gmail.com
Monuments Director — Stewart Radmall dadrads@msn.com
Monuments Director — Mark Walker walkermarke47@gmail.com
National Treks Director — Mary Ellen Elggren
SUP | BSA Liaison & Trails Director — Wally Breitensein w_breitenstein@yahoo.com
Pioneer Stories Editor — TBD
Pioneer Magazine Publisher — Bob Folkman bobfolkman@sup1847.com
SUP1847.com & Trail Marker Newsletter Director — Chad Stowell chadstowell@gmail.com
Trail Marker Chapter News Editor — Roland Lee rolandleefamily@gmail.com
3. Finance Committee
The finance Committee shall consist of the Treasurer (as Chairman), the Executive Council, the Publisher of the Pioneer Magazine, and a member-at-large as determined by the Executive Council. Other members and advisors may be invited as non-voting members and advisors to the committee.
2025 National President — Val Parrish
2025 National President-elect - Wally Breitenstein
2025 Immediate Past National President - Nate Pierce
National Treasurer— John E Elggren, Jr
Publisher of the Pioneer Magazine — Bob Folkman
Finance committee Member — Quin J Gardner
Finance committee Member — Steve Kruman
Advisor (non-voting committee position) — Richard Benton
4. Other Officers & Staff
National Office
Financial Director — John E. Elggren, Jr.
Office Manager — Pat Cook
Building Manager — Linda Sorensen
National Treasurer— John E. Elggren, Jr.
National Secretary— Paul Wright
Pioneer Magazine Editorial Board
Publisher — Bob Folkman
Publisher Emeritus — William Tanner
Editor and Graphic Designer — Susan Lofgren
Assistant Editor and Graphic Designer – Nicole Walkenhorst
Editorial Staff – Nathan Garlick
Editorial Staff — Thomas Alexander
Editorial Staff — Wayne Hinton
National President — Nate Pierce
National President Elect — Val Parrish
Past National President — John Clayton
National Treasurer – John E. Elggren, Jr.