Gregory J. Newell

Newell was born August 30, 1949 in Geneseo, Illinois.[1][2] Newell was raised in Illinois, Iowa, and California. He joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) along with his family in Iowa when he was ten years old.[3] He studied at Brigham Young University's Hawaii campus from 1967-1968.[1] He served a mission for the LDS Church in France and Belgium, afterwards studying international relations and political science at Brigham Young University (BYU). At Harvard, he completed the Senior Managers in Government program.[2] He worked as a planning analyst for an insurance company 1975-1975, and then as a coordinator of evaluation in the language department at the missionary training center from 1977 to 1978.[1]

Newell began his political career in 1975 as a staff assistant for Between White House assignments Newell worked for Gerald Ford. In 1979, he worked in U.S. Senator Bob Dole's presidential campaign office. He worked for Pennsylvania's Republican Governor Richard Thornburgh as a deputy administrative assistant 1979–1980. He served in the White House as a special assistant to the president and director of presidential appointments under Ronald Reagan in 1981–1982.[1] He was a U.S. assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs from 1982–1985.[4] He was the youngest Assistant Secretary of State.[5]

In 1991, Newell was managing director of Nu Skin's international department.[13] In 1993, Newell founded the International Commerce Development Corporation (ICDC), an international business consulting agency.[10]

Newell and Candilyn Jones were married on October 2, 1978.[14] They reside in Utah, where Candilyn is the career director of life sciences and teaches a class on professional etiquette at BYU.[15][16]

From 2011-2014, Newell served as a mission president to the Church's mission in Sweden.[17][18]

• Newell, Gregory J. Gregory J. Newell Papers. Provo, Utah: L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University.