Henry Johnson Eyring

Henry Johnson Eyring Overview

Henry Johnson Eyring assumed the role of the 17th president of Brigham Young University-Idaho in April 2017. President Eyring has a deep connection to Rexburg and BYU-Idaho, dating back to his childhood in 1971 when his father, Henry B. Eyring, served as president of Ricks College, now BYU-Idaho. Returning to Rexburg in 2006, President Henry J. Eyring has held various leadership positions at BYU-Idaho over the course of 11 years, including associate academic vice president for Online Learning, advancement vice president, and academic vice president. Before joining BYU-Idaho, President Eyring worked as a strategy consultant at Monitor Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and as MBA director at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.