Exmormon Foundation Board Members


Sue Emmett Foundation President		Sue was a faithful member of the church for 50 years. After receiving her Bachelor’s degree from BYU, she followed the traditional LDS path of marriage in the temple, and mother to seven children, whom she considers her greatest accomplishment. Devoted all the extra hours she had to service in the church, and was called to just about every executive or teaching job a woman can have over the years. Began to have doubts about the authenticity of the church 20 years before leaving, but it was a slow process, and a bi-polar sort of journey, as she stored information and some of her critical thinking skills away while raising her children. Fortunately, those skills were always simmering under the surface, more than ready to grab and devour the next piece of research. Divorcing after 34 years and empty-nesting about the same time propelled her to "open the cupboard" and let it all fall out. A year and a half later, she left the church, and discovered the online Exmormon community -- something that was invaluable at the time. She has served as president of the Foundation once before, and as chair of the annual Exmormon Foundation conference for the past eight years.

Kathleen (Phair) Jones Foundation Vice President		Kathleen (Phair) Jones grew up as a member of the church. While spending her 20’s in Mesa, AZ among "The Saints", slowly she began to realize that something was deeply wrong with the church. She walked out at the age of 25. It was about 10 yrs. later that she started researching all the history of the church and realized that what she had felt about the church was indeed accurate. She has been involved helping fellow travelers who have just discovered the truth, many who are in great emotional distress, ever since. Kathleen and her husband have two boys, and live in Oregon.

Jean Bodie Foundation Secretary		Jean Bodie was born in Dorset, England in 1944 and joined the LDS Church in 1967. She immigrated to Canada the following year, and now lives in the Edmonton area with her husband Jim. During Jean's years as a faithful member of the church she served mainly with youth in Young Women's, seminary and Sunday school. Other callings include RS presidency and teacher. She also served as a temple ordinance worker and temple cleaning supervisor. Jean and Jim served in the South Africa Cape Town Mission from April 2002 - Sept. 2003. This experience, and in particular some serious injuries sustained in an auto accident their 2nd day "in-country", opened Jean's mind about many issues regarding the church. Jean and Jim returned to Africa under their own auspices in 2005 to help people start small businesses using the micro credit system as taught by BYU. She has 5 children and 12 grandchildren. Since officially leaving the church in 2007, Jean has been actively involved in the ex-Mormon community, assisting those who struggle with adjusting to life outside the church. Just over a year ago, she also became involved with the Stephen Lewis Foundation's Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign --raising funds to help sub-Saharan grandmothers who are caring for their AIDS-orphaned grandchildren in destitute circumstances. She returned in May 2010 from a visit to Johannesburg Projects and the first ever conference for African grandmothers held on African soil. She served as one of 42 delegates, representing 240 fund-raising grandmother groups across Canada. Her position with her local group is that of advocacy -- amplifying the African women's voices.

Mikayla Pratt Foundation Treasurer		Mikayla Pratt was a convert to the church with her husband and family in 1978 while stationed with the military in Germany. She faithfully held every position she was called to; but alas, she was never able to fit in as the perfect "Molly Mormon". After a last ditch effort participating in the Indian Placement Program, Mikayla and her husband were voluntarily excommunicated in 1985. It wasn't until many years later, through research, that she learned exactly how false the teachings of the church were then and still are. She is currently living a blissfully apostate life in San Jose, CA with her husband, Larry.

Tom Donofrio Board Member		Tom was raised in the Church from a young age by his convert parents in Pittsburgh Pa. He served a mission in Tempe, Az from 79-81. While on his mission he met his wife to be and returned to Arizona to marry her in the Mesa Temple. Tom was a Church employee when he began original research into Book of Mormon origins. As a result of his studies Tom quit working for the Church and formally resigned his membership in 2002. Tom's parents and siblings in Pennsylvania have also quit their membership. He is currently a board member of the ExMormon Foundation and is employed in Arizona as an ammonia refrigeration technician. See Tom's Stories articles on Post Mormon.Org and Mormonstories.com

Robyn Hansen Board Member		Robyn’s fondest childhood memory was marching through the cultural hall on Wednesday afternoons shouting, “I’m a Mormon, yes I am!” She misses road shows, stake super activities, and funeral potatoes. She misses the hand cart trek and bishop interviews. Well, not really. Even though the bird has flown the coop in search of greener pastures and greater mixed metaphors, Mormonism will always be her heart and home. Robyn attended her first ExMormon Foundation Conference in October 2007, little more than a month after she left the religion of her childhood. She credits the conference with helping her to establish a new home, one that suits her better, one she dearly loves—a home of her choosing. She joins the board this year to give back the huge bear hug the community gave her only a few short years ago. Robyn lives in the great Salt Lake Valley with her adoring husband and two lovely children.

Micah McAllister Board Member		Micah is a born in the covenant, 5th generation Mormon who was raised in “Happy Valley” (Utah County) and still lives there today. He served a full 2 year mission to Chile Santiago from 1998 to 2000 and met his darling wife upon returning in the summer of 2000 before marrying in the temple in early 2001. Together they have 3 kids. Micah remained a faithful, believing, and obedient saint until May 2008 when he left the church in just a matter of days due to a personal realization about the dividing nature of religious devotion. He later created an online social community for those leaving Mormonism (LifeAfterMormonism.net) as a safe haven and friendly place to get support in transitioning out of the church.