We are so excited to announce our panellists for the upcoming Dialogue Night! Be sure to register to join us as we discuss Heavenly Mother tomorrow, 7 June 2022.
Kathryn Knight Sonntag:
Kathryn Knight Sonntag is the author of The Mother Tree: Discovering the Love and Wisdom of Our Divine Mother (Faith Matters Publishing, 2022), and the poetry collection The Tree at the Center (BCC Press, 2019), a 2019 Association for Mormon Letters Awards finalist in Poetry and Criticism. Her most recent poems and essays appear in Colorado Review, Rock & Sling, Dialogue, and Blossom as the Cliffrose: Mormon Legacies and the Beckoning Wild (Torrey House Press, 2021). She completed graduate work in landscape architecture and environmental planning with a master’s thesis focused on the role of the transcendent in landscapes. She works as a landscape architect and freelance writer in Salt Lake City. www.kathrynknightsonntag.com
Irene Russo:
Consultant and Compliance Executive experienced in bridging regulatory requirements to corporate compliance. Irene is a versatile leader who enables businesses in their oversight and control over compliance risks, developing strategies and frameworks with measurable and sustainable impact. She has a proven track record of successful program implementation. At Credit Suisse Irene leads the Conduct Risk Department for Wealth Management globally, aiming to protect clients, employees, the bank, and the integrity of the markets.
Irene has lived and worked in Austria, the USA, Finland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland. She is a native of Austria and is currently residing in Switzerland. Irene loves politics and to travel the world with her husband, relaxes while reading detective stories and is engaged in charity work.
McArthur Krishna:
McArthur Krishna graduated from BYU with both an undergraduate and masters degree. She co-owned an award-winning ideas marketing firm for a decade until she retired, got married, and moved to India. Over eight years she has written 17 books, six co-authored with Bethany Brad Spalding at Deseret Book including A Girl’s Guide to Heavenly Mother and A Boy’s Guide to Heavenly Mother. Along the way she has coordinated some of the first art featuring women to be hung in the LDS Conference Center (Kathleen Peterson’s art from the Girls Who Choose God series), commissioned and curated the first art show focused on Heavenly Mother with artists from around the world, and her own art was selected for the Church’s International Art competition. The art (by Caitlin Connelly) from their book “Our Heavenly Family, our Earthly Families” was the first art portraying Heavenly Mother published at Deseret Book. After its release, the LDS church purchased a 12’x8’ piece for their permanent collection— and it currently hangs at the Church History Museum on Temple Square. McArthur believes that unflinching hope, a lot of hours working with friends, and wifi can change the world. She’s (always) got more in the works to live up to her favorite titles of Holy Harasser and Hogwash Eradicator.
