Institute Faculty

Biography :
Brother Butterfield was born in Akron, Colorado. He graduated from Weber State College, majoring in English and later received a Masters Degree from BSU in Instructional Performance Technology. He served a mission in the Washington Seattle Mission. He married Robin Royter from Boise and they have four children. Brother Butterfield has taught in the CES for 18 years. He also worked in the financial services industry for a number of years.

Biography :
Brother Cobb was born at Ephrata, Washington where he graduated from Ephrata High School. He served for two years in the Missouri Independence Mission and then graduated from Ricks College. He met and married Kristy Hendricks from Boise Idaho. They both graduated from Utah State University, then moved to the Nyssa/Vale Oregon area where Brother Cobb taught seminary for eight years. He is currently serving as the Director of the Seminary Teacher Training program in the U.S. Idaho West Area. Brother and Sister Cobb have five children and live near Kuna, Idaho.

Biography :
Brother Evans was born in Seattle, Washington. He attended high school in Creswell, Oregon and graduated from Eastern Oregon University with a bachelor's degree in General Studies and a Master's degree in Teacher Education. Brother Evans served a full time mission in the Phoenix Arizona Mission. He married Melanie Harris of La Grande, Oregon. They are the parents of five children.

Biography :
Brother Flake graduated from Boise High School and attended Boise State University before graduating from Brigham Young University in 1970. He served a mission in North Argentina, then married the former RaeAnn Emery of Boise. They are the parents of 11 children. Brother Flake received his master's degree from BYU and his doctorate degree from West Virginia University. He has taught seminary at Hillcrest High School in Salt Lake City and Boise High School in Boise, Idaho. He served as CES Coordinator in Pensacola, Florida and Morgantown, West Virginia before being called as Mission President of the Kentucky Louisville Mission from 1996-1999. He has been an institute instructor at the Boise Institute since 1999.

Biography :
Brother McKenna was raised in northern Utah. He served a mission to Guatemla. He is married to Sherrie Maughan and they have five children. He has a Bachelor's degree in Family and Human Development and a Master's in Education.

Biography :
Brother Mills has been a teacher for the Church Educational System since 1970. He received his Ed.D. from Brigham Young University. His special interests include church history since 1890 and Pearl of Great Price.

Biography :
Brother Spjute was born and raised in Boise, Idaho. He graduated from Boise High School and Ricks College. He received his bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in education administration from Boise State University. Brother Spjute served his mission in Sweden and then married Cheri Vaughn of Kuna, Idaho in the Boise Temple. They are the parents of nine children.