BIO

Brother Adam D. Garland has been the Dean of Students at Ensign College since January of 2022. Prior to accepting this role, he served as Manager of Counseling at the College. Brother Garland is a licensed psychologist and was previously employed in Brigham Young University’s University Accessibility Center and in Wasatch Behavioral Health’s Psychological Assessment Services. He has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Texas at Tyler and a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from BYU.

Brother Garland currently serves as an advisor to the priest quorum in his ward. Other church service includes full-time missionary in the Colorado Denver South Mission, Elders quorum president, counselor in an Elders quorum and young men presidency, gospel doctrine teacher, assistant ward clerk, and ward missionary.

Brother Garland was born and raised in Texas. He met Keilani Stolk while attending a single’s ward at BYU. They became great friends and were sealed in the Provo Utah Temple in 2014. They are the parents of four children and currently reside in Pleasant Grove, Utah.