Board of Directors

Jaren Gibson

Board Chair
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 801-809-0485

Jaren Hunter Gibson graduated from Weber State University with a Bachelors Degree in Communications.  He’s been a business manager most of his career and is President of The Grace Company where he’s worked for 20 years.  He and his wife Stephanie, along with their good friends, Monty and Susan Hardy, created Entheos Academy beginning in 2003.  Jaren and Stephanie are the parents of 8 children.  Jaren loves to read, especially historical non-fiction and biographies, and is also an avid fan of baseball.

Annette Barney

Board Secretary
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Annette has worked with Entheos Academy since 2016.  She comes to Entheos after years of service to Channing Hall Charter School in Draper, UT, including the founding years.  She brings to the board her experience as a previous board secretary, annual giving adviser and paraeducator.  Annette is a graduate of Brigham Young University.  When not supporting education, she can be found blogging, doing yoga, folding origami or traveling with her family.

Corey Mecham

Treasurer
Email: [email protected]

Corey joined the Board of Directors in 2018. He holds a B.S. in Meteorology from Northern Illinois University and postgraduate certification in Geographic Information Analysis and now works as an Environmental Consultant for the Antea Group. Corey wants to further the goals of service learning education at Entheos to further develop the unique culture and community that is Entheos. Corey also loves the outdoors including cycling, skiing and photography.

Adriane Olsen

Vice Chair
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Adriane Olsen joined the Entheos School Board in 2016.  She was previously a 4th grade teacher at Entheos-Magna for 2 years and 1 week — up until the day she had her first baby.  Before working at Entheos, she was a VISTA member at Bridger Elementary in Logan, Utah. Adriane is a graduate of Utah State University (Go Aggies!) where she majored in elementary education and minored in mathematics.  Her career uniquely positions her to understand the needs of Entheos and embrace service learning. When not chasing an active baby, she enjoys crafting and watching sit-coms with her husband.

Xazmin Prows

Board Member
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Xazmin is a Utah native and a founding member of Entheos Academy. She values education for all children and especially wants to see that each child is challenged in the way that best suits them. Her dedication to Entheos is proven by her years of service to the school and all of her 5 children have or do attend the school. Aside from her time with schools she supports concussion awareness.