Stephen M. Studdert

Stephen Mark Studdert (born 1948) served on the White House staff as Advisor to United States Presidents George Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Gerald Ford.

Early life
Studdert was born in 1948 in Petaluma, California, to Harry and June Studdert. He was awarded a bachelor's degree in public administration by Brigham Young University in 1971.

Career
From 1973 to 1975 Studdert was chief of the Brigham City, Utah police department. He was an elected Bountiful City Council member between 1978 and 1980, and the 1975 United States Junior Chamber President.

Studdert has represented U.S. Presidents in diplomatic assignments to over one hundred nations. Between 1983 and 1987 he served on the President's Export Council, the Export Advisory Now Council and the Foreign Trade Practices and Negotiations Subcommittee. He was a United States Delegate to the United Nations Energy Conference in Africa and to the 40th anniversary NATO Summit.

Studdert founded Mantford Ventures in 1980, an investment banking firm, and was ousted by his two partners from the then, publicly traded company, Fonix in addition to i3 Technologies in 2005. He also founded a commercial bank and currently serves on numerous corporate board directorships.

As a strong advocate of affordable housing, Studdert headed the national Native American Housing Initiative from 1985 to 1995. He chaired the Housing and Community Development efforts of a $44 billion Federal Home Loan Bank, where he served on the Board of Directors as its Chairman. He was elected by his peers to chair the Federal Home Loan Bank System Council of Chairs.

He directed the 1989 Presidential inauguration of George H. W. Bush, having previously served as an Advisor to the 1981 and 1985 Presidential inaugurations of Ronald Reagan. He provided counsel to the 2001 and 2005 Presidential inaugurations of George W. Bush. In 1992, during the Clinton Administration, he was appointed a Federal Home Loan Banks Director in Seattle. Studdert remains active in international religious liberty issues.

Studdert was national Co-Chair of the New American Revolution, a foundation for helping youth in need, between 1992 and 1993. He served as chair of the Utah Statehood Centennial Commission between 1993 and 1996 and Chair of This is the Place Foundation between 1996 and 2001.

Studdert helped create the Fortune 500 Forum for senior executives and has participated in the 1999 TIME magazine’s leaders’ world news-tour. From, 2004 until 2010, he served on the Executive Committee of Boy Scouts of America's Utah National Parks Council. He served as Chairman of the George Washington Center for Freedom and Understanding from 2005 till 2008. He also served on the Board of Trustees of Southern Virginia University during 2000.

Studdert is author of America in Danger (2007).

Personal life
Studdert and his wife, the former Bonnie Beck, are the parents of six children.

Awards and decorations
He was awarded the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Boy Scouts of America in 1995, the National Guard Minuteman Award (1996), the People of Vision award in 1997, the Farm Bureau’s Friend of Agriculture Award in 1997, and the citizen Distinguished Service Medal from the United States Army in 1990.

He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Southern Virginia University.