Alvin F. Meredith III became the 18th president of Brigham Young University-Idaho on August 1, 2023.
He was sustained as a General Authority Seventy on April 3, 2021, and continues to serve in that role today.
Prior to his work at BYU-Idaho, he served in a number of Church callings including presidency of the Church’s Middle East/Africa North Area and as president of the Utah Salt Lake City South Mission.
In his professional career, President Meredith worked in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Nashville as a senior executive of Asurion, a global technology firm.
President Meredith earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Brigham Young University and a Master of Business Administration in finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Sister Jennifer Edgin Meredith received a bachelor’s degree in communications from Brigham Young University. She worked in human resources for Franklin Covey.
Sister Meredith served as a mission leader with her husband in the Utah Salt Lake City South Mission. She has served as a presidency member in multiple Church organizations and as a full-time missionary in the Argentina Salta Mission.
President and Sister Meredith were married on June 6, 1998, in the Salt Lake Temple. They are the parents of six children.