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Jared Elmquist

Vice President, Development Group

Jared ElmquistJared Elmquist joined the FamilyLife team in 1995 and now serves as vice president of the organization's Development Group. Prior to joining the FamilyLife team, Jared worked as a feed and management consultant for GTA Feeds in Minnesota, his home state.  He attended Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he received a bachelor's degree in biology and also played on the basketball team.

Jared says he is living out his dream of becoming a husband and a dad. He is passionate about adoption, serving with his church’s adoption ministry and as the father of six, including three adopted kids. He and his family attend a multi-ethnic, racially diverse church, where Jared teaches senior high students.

Jared and his wife, Marisa, have been married for 20 years, and live with their children in Little Rock, Arkansas.