Meet Our Keynote Speaker: Troy Dunn

Troy Dunn has been granting wishes for families in search of loved ones for nearly 20 years. Beginning in 1990 with his own mother's search for her biological medical history, he created an organization which soon spread to all 50 States and 32 Countries and has reunited tens of thousands of people.

He credits the majority of his organization's growth to tremendous media coverage throughout his career, having reunited families on over 500 national tv appearances on virtually every morning talk show, daytime talk show and primetime news program from Dr. Phil, Oprah, The Today Show and Good Morning America to Sixty Minutes, Barbara Walters and the list goes on.

In 2002, he sold his original company to Ancestry.com and turned his complete attention to the care and support of his 7 year old daughter's battle with cancer. She went into remission and he went back into reuniting families by launching TroyTheLocator.com. Television came calling again but this time offering him his OWN show - "The Locator," which has enjoyed high ratings from the start.

Troy has been married to his high school sweetheart Jennifer, for 21 years. They have 7 children (the oldest currently serving a mission in Moscow Russia, the youngest is 4) and reside in Ft Myers Florida. Troy is a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints and is currently serving as Bishop, for the second time!

Conference Registration UPDATE

Online registration will close at 12 noon MST on Thursday, July 30th.

You are still welcome to register at the door on either Friday or Saturday.

See you at the conference!

Ogden FSA Sponsors Preference Checklist Class

For many years, adoptive couples have expressed concerns about filling out the preference checklist/birth conditions form. They have found this, at times, to be difficult and frustrating to fill out. To help ease the frustration, Ogden FSA decided to sponsor a class where a medical professional came and gave acurate medical knowledge regarding many conditions listed on the preference checklist/birth conditions form.

The couples who came to the class found it very informative and we received a good deal of positive feedback after the class. It is something we're considering doing again in the future. Above are some of the slides used during the informational class.

Making the Conference Available

We realize that many of you adoptive couples and birth parents will not be able to travel to Utah for the conference. For this reason, we have set up a broadcast and video stream for the keynote and birth parent panel. In order to view the video stream, go to the following URL http://stream.lds.org/LDSFamilyenglish .

It will be streamed on Saturday, August 1^st at 9:30 MDT and again at 1:00 MDT. It will also be broadcast to stake centers at the same times. There is no code for this.

Also, the week after the conference, we will send DVDs of the keynote and birth parent panel for your upcoming regional conferences and activities. We are taping nine breakout sessions and will make them available on the FSA site as soon as the church audio visual department clears them.

Please spread the word that these items will be available!

Clearing Up Conference Confusion

You’ve probably been hearing that there’s a bit (or perhaps more than a bit!) of confusion about the FSA Conference registration. Specifically, we are receiving emails & calls with uncertainty about location and printed tickets.


Here are some common items that need clarification:

• The conference will be held in Layton at the Davis Conference Center, NOT in Salt Lake.
• No tickets will be issued or sent to their home; if they receive a confirmation email, then the registration is complete.
• For expectant parents and birth parents, the code for free registration is “itsaboutlove”