Meet the Taggarts

Steven William Taggart and Teresa (Teri) Lynne Poulter Taggart are the parents of five children and grandparents of six. They are members of the Orem Windsor 5th Ward, Orem Utah Windsor Stake. They will be succeeding President Bradford C. Bowen and Sister Valerie Bowen. President Taggart served as a counselor in a stake presidency and is a former bishop, high councilor, stake executive secretary, high priests group leader, ward young men president, and missionary in the Argentina Rosario Mission. He has spent the last 32 years in the BYU Division of Continuing Education, where he currently directs both the Bachelor of General Studies and Evening Classes departments. He was born in Ogden, Utah, to James Albert and Betty Lee Howell Taggart.

Sister Taggart served as ward Young Women advisor and is a former counselor in a stake Relief Society presidency, ward Relief Society president, ward Primary president, young single adult adviser, and family history consultant. She has spent the last 13 years as a part-time Reading Recovery teacher helping struggling first graders learn to read. Sister Taggart loves reading, quilting, and family history. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Raymond Norell and Eleanor Lois Slosser Poulter.

President and Sister Taggart met at BYU and moved to California following graduation. There President Taggart began his full-time employment in the BYU California Center for Continuing Education (then located in Garden Grove) and two of their sons were born within the current mission boundaries. They are grateful for the opportunity to return and serve in the California Anaheim Mission.