Bonnie H. Cordon is the president of Southern Virginia University. She previously served for seven years as a General Officer of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the last five as President of the worldwide Young Women organization. In that role, Cordon led the Young Women organization through a significant season of growth and change represented, in part, by the implementation of a new, worldwide Children and Youth program and the significant expansion of For the Strength of Youth (FSY) conferences. Cordon has contributed to institutional boards, including the Church Educational System Board of Education, Brigham Young University Broadcasting, Humanitarian XP, the Boy Scouts of America, and the Church of Jesus Christ’s Missionary Executive Council, and has worked with civic, government, and religious leaders around the world. Her focus on analyzing policy and procedure to better meet the growing needs of today’s rising generation resulted in a series of structural changes with the Church to empower, embolden, and enable youth to succeed. President Cordon has also served as a mission leader for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Curitiba, Brazil; pursued a management career in the software industry; and started her own business. She is a mother of four and a proud grandmother of seven.