FOREVER STRONG YOUTH TOUR PROGRAM DIRECTOR & FACULTY
Dr. Clark Anderson, Program Director-Faculty of the Forever Strong Youth Tours in the Holy Land
Dr. Clark Anderson has over 40 years of travel experience and expertise. His love for teaching began on his LDS mission to Europe. Over the past 25 years he has organized and directed over 70 educational tours around the world. Over 40 of these tours were to the Holy Land.
Clark Anderson's father, Gary was a gifted religious educator at BYU and served as director of the BYU Study Abroad Program to the Middle East on two separate occasions. Clark accompanied his father to the Holy Land on both semesters and was a student at the BYU Jerusalem Center in 1986.
Clark served an LDS Mission to the Netherlands/Belgium Mission and learned the Dutch/Flemish language which he still enjoys speaking today. Clark spent the summer of 2000 in Israel as a student at an Ulpan learning Hebrew. He also enjoys learning Arabic.
Clark received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from BYU and a Doctorate Degree from the University of Wyoming. His professional career includes 20 years as a Religious Educator and 12 years as an EFY (Especially for Youth) Speaker & Session Director. He also pioneered the youth group program in partnership with HEFY (Humanitarian Especially for Youth) for the creation of Youth Summit Jerusalem (YSJ) taking youth to Israel.
Clark is married to the impressive Heather Ballard and together they have ten children and six grandchildren. Clark’s first true love is his family; second is a passion for music, travel, and sports.
Heather Rose was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. In her youth she was a ballerina, played on the school volleyball team, and also became an accomplished pianist. She studied ballet for 15 years as a member of the Royal Academy of Dance and was crowned Miss Teen Nevada 1993 and First Runner-up at the National Miss Teen Pageant. She was also awarded 1st place at Nevada Search for Talent competition.
She attended college at Brigham Young University where she earned a degree in Early Childhood Education and minored in dance. While there she was a member of the BYU Ballroom Dance Company and also learned to play organ. Upon graduation she took her first teaching job in California with Jurupa Unified School District where she taught elementary school while earning her Master’s Degree in Curriculum & Instruction from Cal State Fullerton.
Dr. Clark Anderson & wife, Heather Ballard Anderson serving as Assistant Tour Administrator
International Travel Studies Institute Faculty
Dann W and Shirley S. Hone, 2018 October Intensive Explorations Faculty
Dann W Hone, with nearly 46 years of travel and living in the Near East, is one of the founding members of the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies and served in numerous positions at the Center, including Academic Coordinator where he was responsible for training and teaching all Jerusalem Center faculty in history, archaeology, geography, and scriptures. His studies include numerous modern and ancient languages and scripts. Dann lived in Israel for many years and received his graduate degree in Biblical History from the Jerusalem University College. A published author, Dann has written study guides and books on the Near East and recently finished volume one of a seven volume “Scriptural Reference and Exploration Series”. Dann is emeritus administrator/faculty of Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies and the Department of Ancient Scripture at BYU. After thirty years at BYU, he entered back into teaching as adjunct faculty in the Department of History and Political Science at Utah Valley University. He currently serves as the Managing Director and faculty member for the International Travel Studies Institute. Shirley and Dann have been married 45 years and are the parents of 4 sons, 2 daughters and 17 grandchildren. The family resided in Jerusalem for 7 years.
Haws Marble, Intensive Explorations Faculty/Director
Haws Marble began his association with the Holy land in 1974 as a teacher of Old Testament on the Semester Abroad in Jerusalem. From 1980-85 Haws lived in Jerusalem and assisted with tours and the BYU student programs. This led to his 20-year employment at BYU Travel Study specifically working on tours and study programs to the Holy Land. He has made a total of 40 different trips to the Holy Land and he loves almost everything that he learns and experiences with that part of the world. Prior to this he spent 16 years teaching in the Seminary and Institute programs and in the BYU Religion Department.
