SALT LAKE CITY-Wednesday, The Board of Education of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints appointed Brian K. Ashton as the new president of BYU-Pathway Worldwide-effective August 1, 2021.

Bro. Ashton succeeds Elder Clark G. Gilbert, who served as the president of BYU-PW since its inception in 2017.

Bro. Ashton has served as BYU-PW’s field operations vice president since 2018.

He previously led an educational start-up company focused on correctional and life skills education.

Ashton received a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and an MBA from Harvard University.

Bro. Ashton has also previously served as the second counselor in the Church’s Sunday School General Presidency from 2015 to 2019.

He has served as the president of the Texas Houston South Mission, as a bishop, a president, a high councilor, elders quorum president and missionary in the Peru Lima Mission.

He and his wife, Melinda, are the parents of seven children.