Doug and Ann served as mission leaders in the Honduras San Pedro Sula West Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2016 to 2019. Currently they are in Buenos Aires, Argentina where Doug works as the Area Legal Counsel for the Church. Previously Doug and Ann assisted in organizing the International Religious Liberty Award Dinner in Washington, D.C. in October each year and its student writing competition. Doug was a partner at Arent Fox LLP in Washington, D.C., specializing in trademark and copyright law. He is the former International Chair of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society and is a member of the Clark Society Advisors. He is a graduate of BYU Law School and a former Court Law Clerk for the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.

Ann is a former member of the Board of Directors for the Washington, D.C. Coalition for the Homeless. She also worked as a bank human resource officer. Ann is a graduate from BYU Idaho. She and Doug have have three children.