Doug is a retired U.S. diplomat who spent most of his career overseas. He developed a love for world travel while serving as one of the first missionaries in the Soviet Union. He enjoys the outdoors and has practiced primitive camping skills in the jungles of Indonesia and Thailand, the Saudi Arabian desert, the forests of Virginia, and the Mountains of Utah. He has been lost in the desert, sheltered overnight in a cave during a flash flood, experienced altitude sickness at Mt. Everest base camp, and has enjoyed every minute of it. He has served as a young men’s advisor for fifteen years across seven wards and three continents. He is married with two children at BYU and one graduating from high school this summer.