Clark Gilbert

Clark Gilbert
16th President of BYU–Idaho
In office April 13, 2015 – April 10, 2017
Preceded by	Kim B. Clark
Personal details
Born	California
Spouse(s)	Christine Gilbert
Children	8
Alma mater	Brigham Young University (B.A.) Stanford University (M.A.) Harvard University (Ph.D.)
Profession	Academic administrator, CEO, professor
Religion	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Website	Office of the President

Clark Gilbert is the president of BYU–Pathway Worldwide (BYU-PW), an online higher education organization created in 2017. He was serving as the 16th president of Brigham Young University–Idaho (BYU–Idaho) when he was appointed president of BYU-PW. Previously, Gilbert served as president and CEO of both the Deseret News and Deseret Digital Media, having also served as an executive vice president of Deseret Management Corporation, a professor at Harvard Business School (HBS), and as an associate academic vice president at BYU-Idaho.

Gilbert was a professor of entrepreneurial management at HBS. While there he was an adviser to the American Press Institute's Newspaper Next project, which studied ways for newspapers to transition to the digital age. Gilbert also worked closely with Clayton M. Christensen while at HBS.

After his time at HBS, Gilbert joined the faculty of BYU–Idaho and served as Associate Academic Vice President of Academic Development; his responsibilities included student leadership, the BYU–Idaho Learning Model, online learning, and the Pathway program.

In 2009, Gilbert became the CEO of the newly formed Deseret Digital Media, a subsidiary corporation of Deseret Management Corporation, which administers the websites of the Deseret News, Church News, Mormon Times, KSL radio and Deseret Book.

In May 2010, Gilbert was appointed president of the Deseret News. He did not replace Jim Wall (the publisher) or Joseph A. Cannon (the editor), but filled a new role in the organization.

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