Duane Boyce has served in the Church as a stake president, twice as a bishop, and with his wife in the Russia Moscow mission. He earned a Ph.D. at BYU and conducted his postdoctoral study at Harvard University. He is a Founding Partner of the Arbinger Institute and is the author or co-author of six books, including, with his daughter Kimberly White, The Last Safe Place: Seven Principles for Standing with the Prophets in Troubled Times. He has also published academic articles on gospel topics in BYU Studies Quarterly, Interpreter, Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture, The Religious Educator, and The FARMS Review. He and his wife, Merralee, are the parents of nine children and they have twenty-four grandchildren.
