Jeff Nelson is the Europe Area Legal Counsel for the LDS Church. Prior to this assignment, he was the Executive Director and Counsel of Portigon AG, the New York Branch. He also worked for a number of law firms in New York. He received his bachelor’s degree in Communications, and his J.D. from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. He met Janet while attending the University of Utah.

Janet Nelson received her master’s degree in Mathematics Education from Hunter College in New York City, and has been teaching mathematics there for the last four years. Janet graduated with a degree in Mathematics, and taught high school math while Jeff was in law school.