Ronald C. Gunnell

President
The Garibay Institute

Ronald C. Gunnell serves as President of the Garibay Institute and is on the board

of directors at The Garibay Institute for Soft Power and Public Diplomacy, founded by musical icon Fernando Garibay.

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The Institute is an international think tank based in Los Angeles. The Institute's

current network includes over 192 State, Royal, and Governmental countries, with

significant support from leaders of our beloved interfaith communities. The Institute collaborates with leading academic institutions, including top universities like Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Tsinghua University, Tel Aviv

University, Arizona State University, and more.​

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In 2000, he was called Executive Producer for Global Talent and Assistant to the President of the world-renowned Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.

He is also responsible for securing and negotiating world-renowned musical guest artists and celebrities who perform with the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square. He has worked and become personal friends with many

distinguished luminaries, including, The King's Singers, Gladys Knight, Bryn Terfel, Frederica Von Stade, Ronan Tynan, Audra McDonald, Renée Fleming, Sissel, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Natalie Cole, David Foster, Andrea Bocelli, David Archuleta, Nathan Gunn, Jane Seymour, Denyce Graves, Sandy Patti, Alfie Boe, Alyson Cambridge, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Deborah Voigt, The Sesame Street Muppets, Rolando Villazón, Sutton Foster, Laura Michelle Kelly, Matthew

Morrison, GENTRI, Kristin Chenoweth, Kelli O'Hara, Megan Hilty, and Lea

Salonga, Michael Maliakel, Ruthie Ann Miles, Conseca, Soledad Pastorutti. He also has brought world leaders in journalism and acting, including Roma Downey, Angela Lansbury, Walter Cronkite, Mike Wallace, Charles Osgood, Anthony Hopkins, Peter Graves, David McCullough, Ed Herrmman, Michael York, Martin Jarvis, John Rhys Davies, Tom Brokaw, Hugh Bonneville, Richard Thomas, Neal McDonough, Sir David Suchet, Leslie Nicol, and Dennis Haysbert.

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In 2021, he was called to be the Global Envoy to the Tabernacle Choir Presidency. In this additional assignment, he assists the global outreach and positive influence of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square worldwide by promoting music as the universal language of peace and love. He is the Global Artistic Advisor to the

internationally acclaimed King's Singers based in London, England, and is on the board of their Global charitable efforts worldwide. Global Advisor for GENTRI, the gentleman's trio.

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Earlier in his career, Mr. Gunnell co-founded Health Benefits America (HBA), which emerged as the premier outsourcing benefits management company in the United States. Under his leadership, HBA provided services to over 50 of America's largest Fortune 100 companies, including General Motors, Bank of America, AT&T, Rockwell International, PepsiCo, FedEx, Citibank, Chevron, Xerox, Marriott Corporation, and Coca-Cola. In 1996, HBA was acquired by Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP), the world's largest payroll company, where he continued as an executive until 1998.

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He is also the founder and Global Chairman of Truth Alone Triumphs, Global Enterprises, LLC, which provides global consulting and dialogue bridge-building between countries with relationships in the United States, China, Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UEA, Brazil, India, United Kingdom, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, and Argentina.

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His commitment to education and the arts is reflected in his service on numerous boards, including The Hale Center Theatre, Utah State University Caine College, BYU Marriott School, UVU Presidential Advisory Board, U. of U. School of Music, Legacy Film Foundation, and National Advisor to Best of State. Dean's Advancement Council, Caine College, Utah State University. Mr. Gunnell was invited to be the Chief Speaker at the 5th World Parliament of Science, Religion, and Philosophy at MIT World Peace University, Pune, India, 2019. He has been heavily involved in Charitable and Volunteer work, Mentors International Philippines, Honduras, Guatemala, Peru, El Salvador, Operation Kids, and the Board of Directors of Rising Star Outreach in India. He is an Ambassador Board-Level member at the World Trade Center Utah. WTC Utah is part of an international ecosystem of global connections and integrated trade and investments.

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He is married to Kaye Lynne Gunnell, with three daughters, one son, and one son-in-law, and two grandchildren.