anneevan.williams@wasatchacademy.org
435.462.1400

EDUCATION

The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology, School of Education Policy and Leadership, Quantitative Research, Evaluations, and Measurement, PhD

University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Education, Advanced Reading and Language Leadership Program, MA

Dickinson College, English BA 

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Dr. Williams is in her first year as Head of School for Â鶹¹ÙÍø. She came to Â鶹¹ÙÍø from New York City, where she served as an interim Senior Director in education. She was head of school in her previous two appointments, at Billings Middle School in Seattle, WA and at The Ridgewood School in Springfield, Ohio.

Before becoming a head of school, Anne-Evan taught high school and middle school English; was an educational specialist and oversaw all product development, research studies and marketing initiatives at an educational software firm; directed graduate students in a summer literacy program and school-year internships; and was the founding site coordinator for an after-school program for literacy through science education. In short, Dr. Williams' career has spanned every school level, from early childhood to graduate studies. 

In her own words, “It is not an exaggeration to say that I fell in love with Â鶹¹ÙÍø the first time I stepped onto campus. I was impressed by the stunning location, nestled in the natural beauty of the Â鶹¹ÙÍø mountains. But I was even more blown away by each person I met in the Â鶹¹ÙÍø community. From students and faculty and staff to alumni and trustees, I found a kind, diverse, and talented community welcoming me. And I knew that I was home.â€�

paul.applegarth@wasatchacademy.org
435.462.1422

Paul has been serving at Â鶹¹ÙÍø for over 20 years. He received his master’s in accounting from Brigham Young University. When it comes to balancing budgets and crunching numbers for the school, Paul is the one taking the reins.

Paul enjoys interacting and connecting with students, and his family loves welcoming students into their home. They love the beautiful mountains, clean air, and fantastic weather of the Sanpete Valley.

Ty is the Associate Head of School. He also is the Director of Basketball for the .

He has served as Assistant Head of School for Student Life, recreation director, athletic director, summer school director, and, in general, has been a go-to for executing the best in student life and student experience during his 20-plus years at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. When weather permits, you can find Ty riding motorcycles across the beautiful state of Utah and enjoying the national parks. He is an avid sports fan and he loves cheering on his children or supporting the Â鶹¹ÙÍø teams.

jonelle.larsen@wasatchacademy.org
435-462-1423

EDUCATION

MA in Psychology, Utah State University

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Denver was her first home and she also lived in California before settling in Utah, so Jonelle feels right at home in the West.

She received her master’s in psychology from Utah State University. She has reveled in getting to counsel and encourage young people. She wholeheartedly believes that Â鶹¹ÙÍø helps cultivate not just great thinkers, but great people. The wife and mother of Â鶹¹ÙÍø graduates, Jonelle takes pride in watching young men and women build on their Â鶹¹ÙÍø experiences as they prepare for college and enter adulthood.

graham.jessee@wasatchacademy.org
435.462.1459

Passionate about global education, enterprise, and international affairs, Graham Jessee is busy combining the best of these connected worlds. With 20+ years of management, sales, and business development experience, Graham is pleased to be working among the dedicated and globally conscious faculty of Â鶹¹ÙÍø. In line with the school’s desire to prepare students for the exciting challenges of an increasingly global world, Mr. Jessee’s focus is on maintaining oversight to all of Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s international partnerships and dual diploma relationships.

Mr. Jessee works closely with our partners’ executive staffs, business development personnel, government representatives, international directors, and foreign school administrations to cultivate, enhance and develop projects to promote our Academy’s mission of preparing students for the challenges of living and excelling in the 21st century.

Raised in the northeast, Graham is a graduate of Burr & Burton Academy in Manchester Vermont, a graduate of the University of Utah where he studied consumer economics, and the possessor of the Executive Certificate of Global Business Management from Salt Lake Community College. He thoroughly enjoyed living and serving in Taiwan for 2 years and notes his greatest asset, accomplishment, and joy is his wife Annamarie and their 5 children.

mitzi.austin@wasatchacademy.org

EDUCATION

BA in Biology and BA in English, Black Hills State University

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Mitzi grew up near and attended college in the Black Hills of South Dakota where she worked for the United States Forest Service for several years. In fact, she met her husband, Luke, on a wildfire in the mountains of central Idaho. 

Mitzi first joined the Â鶹¹ÙÍø community in October of 2000 and called Sanpete Valley home for seventeen years. She returned to Utah after serving as the college counselor and academic program director at an independent college preparatory school in eastern Iowa. As a college counselor, Mitzi is passionate about guiding students towards the goal of finding the college or university best suited for their future.

At home in the West, Mitzi enjoys hiking and camping with her family, native archeology, and slaying dragons on Thursday nights.

ryan.anderson@wasatchacademy.org
435-462-1234

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Education of Earth Sciences, Prescott College, 2014

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Ryan is originally from Winchester, Massachusetts, a small suburb of Boston where he graduated from high school. After compiling years of outdoor recreational experience through summer camp, personal adventures, and the National Outdoor Leadership School, Ryan realized his passion for experiential and outdoor education and began pursuing these on a professional level.

Ryan attended Colorado Mountain College in Leadville Colorado, where he achieved his associate degree in Outdoor Recreation Leadership. Ryan also received a BA in Secondary Education, with a focus on Geology and Environmental Science from Prescott College.

Ryan’s aim is to help students understand and appreciate their environment and the world around them, so they can help support it and make a positive contribution as citizens of the world. Through his teaching experience at Â鶹¹ÙÍø, he hopes to inspire students to change their world for the better. Ryan also supports the many extracurricular outdoor adventures Â鶹¹ÙÍø has to offer.

martha.applegarth@wasatchacademy.org

EDUCATION

Snow College

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Martha is a Learning Coach at the Learning Center, where we help students develop executive function (EF) and social-emotional learning (SEL) skills. Martha works closely with students to build skills that support their academic and personal growth.

A graduate of Manti High School, Martha is currently attending Snow College and plans to transfer to Utah Valley University in the fall. She served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Austin, Texas, from October 2022 to April 2024, a transformative experience that shaped her journey.

Previously, Martha was cheer captain in high school. She loves sports, hiking, running, dancing, and has a quirky talent for painting birds with watercolor. Martha is married to Isaac Applegarth, son of Paul Applegarth, and they are excited to be close to family.

wellnesscenter@wasatchacademy.org
435-462-1419

EDUCATION

Weber State University, Nursing

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Ashley Austin was born and raised in Utah and joined the Â鶹¹ÙÍø family in 2012. As the Wellness Center Director, she enjoys getting to know the students while providing care and promoting healthy habits. 

Ashley received her nursing degree from Weber State University. She has been a nurse for 10 years and has been able to obtain experience in various areas of nursing including emergency, surgery, and labor/delivery. 

Ashley is a proud mother of three children and two dogs. She enjoys spending time reading, hiking, and traveling. 

luke.austin@wasatchacademy.org

Luke Austin, a native Floridian, received a B.A. in European History from the University of the South before moving west to pursue a master's degree in American History from the University of Wyoming. He then worked as a wildland firefighter and smokejumper from Forest Service bases in Wyoming, Colorado, California, and Alaska.

Luke has received various awards for his teaching and is the author of General John Bratton: Sumter to Appomattox, In Letters to His Wife. He teaches US Government, Introduction to Humanities, and the History of Vietnam. 

will.austin@wasatchacademy.org

EDUCATION

B.A. in Physics, University of Montana

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Will Austin, a native of Sanpete Valley, is the son of Luke and Mitzi Austin. Will received a B.A. in Physics from the University of Montana. While in school, Will contributed to the BOREALIS stratospheric ballooning program, conducted stellarator plasma physics research for the Department of Energy, and was president of the University's Society of Physics Students, where he helped lead a trip to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in Washington. Will was a university physics/mathematics tutor for three years and Astronomy/Physics lab instructor for two years.

Will is currently an intern for the Outdoor Recreation Program under Ryan Anderson, where he assists in coordinating outdoor recreation trips and maintenance of outdoor equipment. He also works as a Learning Coach for the Learning Center, assisting students in developing executive function (EF) and social-emotional learning (SEL) skills.

In his free time, Will enjoys hiking, skiing, backpacking, skydiving, emulating retro video games, and creating YouTube videos.

sarah.bailey@wasatchacademy.org
435-462-1481

Sarah joined the Â鶹¹ÙÍø community in 2023 and looks forward to overseeing all aspects of development and alumni relations including annual gifts, large gifts, planned giving, and alumni engagement. Utilizing her experience as an Investor Relations Manager in a privately held company as well as serving as a board member for a charitable foundation has given her a foundation of skills to serve the community.

A Utah native, she chose to move her family to Mount Pleasant to provide a more slow paced and free environment for her kids to grow up in. Outside of work, Sarah enjoys traveling, the outdoors, archery, yoga, swimming, volunteering and spending time with her four children, two daughters-in-law, and husband.

jolean.barkdull@wasatchacademy.org
435-462-1424

Jolean was born and raised in Utah. While working on the corporate level for over 20 years, Jolean and her husband decided it was time for a change. They took a leap of faith and moved to Sanpete County.

Jolean has worked in various roles at Â鶹¹ÙÍø. She has been on the advancement team, the admissions team, and the business office during her 19 years at the school. Jolean is currently working as the Student Enrollment Manager. In this role, she works as the bridge between the admissions office and the business office. She appreciates the opportunity to work with Â鶹¹ÙÍø parents and students.

In her free time, Jolean enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, camping, riding her side-by-side vehicle in the mountains, hiking in the canyons, and reading.

will.boyce@wasatchacademy.org

EDUCATION

University off Utah, Film and Arts

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Will Boyce was born and raised in Mount Pleasant Utah, where he attended and graduated from Â鶹¹ÙÍø. While attending school, Will was lucky enough to take a 3D animation course which sparked his passion for 3D art and began taking steps to realize his passion as a profession.

Will Graduated from the University of Utah with a Film and Media Arts degree with an Entertainment Arts and Engineering emphasis; a lot of technical terms for 3D video game art asset creation. Afterward, Will worked at a building facade company creating 3D details of joinery for high rises in Salt Lake City, as well as 3D models for fabrication drawings and CNC programming.

Will joined the Â鶹¹ÙÍø community in 2022, and has enjoyed teaching and learning model rocketry, and robotics. Will plans to get a model rocketry certification so he can better assist students in larger personal projects, and work towards tailoring a robotics program to the upcoming generations' interests.

When Will is not in the classroom you can find him 3D printing, studying mechanics, practicing prop building for movies/cosplay, participating in game jams, or hiking.

todd.bucklin@wasatchacademy.org
978-413-4188

EDUCATION

Middlebury College - B.A. East Asian Studies

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Before joining Â鶹¹ÙÍø, Todd taught at several boarding schools including the Williston Northampton School, Idyllwild Arts Academy, The Winchendon School, and The MacDuffie School.

He has taught a wide range of high school subjects, including American Literature, US History, World Literature, Global Studies, World Geography, Asian Religions and Philosophy, Chinese Language, and various English Language Learner (ELL) classes. He has also coached football, basketball, baseball, and soccer.

Todd has developed a unique teaching and coaching style over the last 25 years based on engagement, humility, and humor. He likes to spend his free time traveling, watching Boston area sports teams, playing golf, and eating sushi. His family includes wife Naomi, a native of Japan, who is a learning coach at the academy, and two children. His daughter, Ayano, did a postgraduate year at Â鶹¹ÙÍø in 2018 and now lives and works in the Bay Area of California. Son Jadon graduated in 2020 and is now a sophomore at Utah State University studying mechanical engineering.

tyler.christensen@wasatchacademy.org

Tyler and his family are residents of Spring City, Utah. Previously they lived in Denver, Colorado where he worked as a producer for large advertising agencies. Tyler moved to Utah to pursue his career as a sculptor. Adjacent to his family's chicken coop and large garden is Tyler’s studio where he loves to sculpt, paint, and sketch.

Tyler’s wife runs a micro school for grades 1-6 and together they have 4 children and 5 grandchildren.

angela.christiansen@wasatchacademy.org
435-462-1400

EDUCATION

MA Linguistics & TESOL University of Utah

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For over 27 years, Angela has taught students of all ages, from preschool children to older adults, in many different settings. Angela has specialized in working with English language learners for almost 24 years, at Â鶹¹ÙÍø and abroad. She loves learning, reading, researching, quilting, cycling, hiking, camping, and traveling. Angela loves meeting people from all over the world through the Â鶹¹ÙÍø community.

wendy.condie@wasatchacademy.org
435-462-1463

EDUCATION

BS Utah State University with a double major in Special Education (Mild/Moderate K-12) and Physical Education

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Wendy is a graduate of Utah State University with a double major in special education and physical education. She has extensive experience teaching at all levels from high school to owning her own preschool. Wendy started working with in the Â鶹¹ÙÍø Learning Services Center in 2016, first as a Learning Coach.

She and her family have traversed the country living in Arizona, Texas, Wyoming, Louisiana, and Utah. She and her husband Curtis are parents to four children and their dog Barkley.