Woody Johnson spent his law career as a corporate finance attorney in Houston, Texas and Washington, D.C.  He is the owner of Castle Valley Ranches (ranching) and Castle Valley Outdoors (Orvis-endorsed wing shooting operation) in Emery, Utah. Woody received an Honors BA in economics from the University of Utah and a JD from the University of Texas Law School. He serves as a director of the Waddell & Reed Ivy Funds.

Page Johnson is a freelance writer and photographer who worked for the BYU press and National Public Radio and who occasionally writes for the Church News and Meridian Magazine. She has a BA in journalism from Brigham Young University and an MA in communications from the University of Utah. She and Woody are the parents of three daughters and five grandchildren.