University Awards

Alexis-Janique Bradley & Chanté Stutznegger

Janique: BS ’12 Sociology
Chanté: BS ‘10 Psychology

Distinguished Alumni Award

Alexis-Janique and Chanté are mothers, wives, activists, motivational speakers, and innovators. Together, these sisters have created two impactful platforms: Sinclair Consulting Group and Instagram’s @letstalk_sis. Each platform fulfills their mission to create more human connection, transformational conversations, and intentional change. At Let’s Talk Sis, they seek to bring awareness to difficult topics “related specifically to race, diversity, and human connection” to promote dialogue and initiate positive change. With Sinclair Consulting Group, they have developed a unique framework for implementing inclusive leadership, cultural intelligence, and diverse collaboration.

They emphasize the importance of identifying the needs of marginalized groups, humanizing each individual, and building bridges of understanding and connection across cultural boundaries. Alexis-Janique and Chanté, with backgrounds in sociology and psychology respectively, have 20 years of experience training in the corporate, educational, and non-profit sector both nationally and internationally. Alexis-Janique and Chanté’s plans are to continue advocating for unprecedented connections between youth, schools, communities, and businesses.

Sharon Eubank

BA ’88 English

Distinguished Alumni Award

Originally from Redding, California, Sharon Eubank is the daughter of Mark and Jean Eubank. She served as a full-time missionary for the Church in the Finland, Helsinki mission and received a bachelor’s degree in English from Brigham Young University. Early in her career, she taught English as a second language in Japan, worked as a legislative aide in the U.S. Senate, and owned a retail education store in Provo, Utah. From 2017–2022, she served as first counselor to President Jean B. Bingham in the general Relief Society presidency.

Service is an integral part of Sharon Eubank’s life. She began a career at the Church’s Welfare Self-Reliance Department in 1998. In 2011, she was named the director of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints humanitarian work worldwide. Its global priorities include child nutrition, water and sanitation, maternal and newborn healthcare, quality local education, and livelihoods and farming. While the Church expends nearly $1B annually on projects and works in about 190 countries each year, Sharon’s great passion is interfaith cooperation and finding opportunities for people to serve effectively where they live.

Dr. Mario Perez

PhD ‘88 Physics and Astronomy

Distinguished Alumni Award

For the past 15 years, Dr. Perez has been the Chief Technologist for the Astrophysics Division at NASA’s Headquarters in Washington, D.C. There, his work has helped identify hundreds of potential planets through the NASA Kepler program and has helped develop key technology for NASA flight missions. His journey was fueled by a passion for the cosmos that stretches back to his time as a resident astronomer at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and an observer at the European Southern Observatory. He spent 7 years at Los Alamos National Laboratory focusing on space, astrophysics, and technology.

Dr. Perez reached for the stars in his academic career, earning a BS and MS in electrical engineering, a Ph.D. in physics and astronomy from BYU, and an MBA from the University of New Mexico. This multifaceted knowledge allowed him
to pursue his love of studying space. He has served in the Church as a full-time missionary, scout leader, teacher, and bishop, and in an elders quorum presidency and stake high council. Dr. Perez was married to Denise Condie for 38 years before
her passing. They have 4 children and 8 fantastic grandchildren.

Steve Young

BA ’84 International Relations and JD ‘94 Law

Distinguished Alumni Award

Steve Young is a native of Salt Lake City and continues to maintain a home in Provo. Steve earned a BA in International Relations from Brigham Young University while playing as quarterback, and returned in the off-seasons of his professional football career to earn a JD from the J. Reuben Clark Law School. Young’s professional football career spanned over fifteen years in the NFL, primarily with the San Francisco 49ers. Young won three Super Bowl titles, and threw a record six touchdowns in Super Bowl XXIX. In 2005, Young was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Young is the President and Co-Founder of HGGC, a private equity firm. He founded and chairs the Forever Young Foundation, which is actively involved in children’s charities worldwide, and is currently the broadcast host as well as the former International Spokesperson for the Children’s Miracle Network, which has raised over $1B world-wide to benefit children’s hospitals.

Dr. Steven C. & Margaret Wheelwright

Honorary Alumni Award

Dr. Steven C. Wheelwright is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Management, Emeritus, Harvard Business School. Margaret S. Wheelwright has a BS and MS in Early Childhood Development. Dr. Wheelwright has taught at INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France), the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and the Harvard Business School, where he served as a Senior Associate Dean overseeing the MBA program, then overseeing Faculty Planning and Development, and concluding as Chairman of HBS Publishing. He held endowed professorships at both Stanford and Harvard.

Since his retirement from Harvard, Dr. and Sister Wheelwright have served in several full-time leadership positions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints. They presided over the England London Mission for 3 years, served at BYU-Idaho for 1 year, presided over BYU-Hawaii for 8 years, and presided over the Boston Temple for 3 years. They currently serve in the Sealing office of the Jordan River Temple and volunteer on the Wilford Woodruff Papers Project. Dr. and Sister Wheelwright have 5 children, 20 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. Their permanent home is in Oakley, Utah.