Neal Harmon is CEO and co-founder of Angel Studios, the studio behind box office hits such as Sound of Freedom, The Shift, and His Only Son as well as record-breaking streaming successes such as The Chosen, Dry Bar Comedy, The Wingfeather Saga and Tuttle Twins. Founded in 2013 out of a passion to deliver better stories for his own children and reshape the future of entertainment for like-minded families around the world, Angel Studios has built a powerful platform for stories that amplify light.
Angel Studios is turning the traditional Hollywood gatekeeper model upside down by putting the power back into the hands of the audience. Over 2,000,000 members of the Angel Guild from 180 countries now decide which stories Angel should get behind and release.
Neal learned his work ethic and values farming in Idaho as a young man. He holds degrees in American Studies and Instructional Psychology and Technology and acquired programming skills sufficient to launch multiple businesses. Neal launched multiple startup companies over his career, including co-founding Orabrush and Harmon Brothers ad agency, famous for using viral videos to boost sales for iconic brands including Squatty Potty, Poo-Pourri, and Purple Mattress.
In addition to many startups, Neal and his wife Trisha are also the co-founders of 10 children.
Paul has served on the board of directors of Angel since February 2014. He is a seasoned entrepreneur and venture capitalist with over 30 years of operating and investment experience and has co-founded multiple investment funds, including Alta Ventures, vSpring Capital and Alta Growth Capital and supported other funds efforts including Krealo and Northgate Mexico. Throughout his career he has helped raise and was instrumental in deploying over approximately $1.4 billion to more than 150 startups across the United States and Latin America. He currently serves on the investment committees of Alta Ventures in Mexico (since 2009) and the Peruvian corporate venture fund Krealo (since 2018). His recent fund portfolio includes companies like Technisys (acquired by SoFi, NASDAQ: SOFI in March 2022), MURAL, Clip and ASI. Early notable fund investments include Ancestry.com, Altiris and Control4, prior to their public offerings. Paul co-authored Nail It Then Scale It, a highly regarded resource for scaling startups. He currently serves on the boards of IsoTalent (since 2019), Meridian Therapeutics (since 2019), Obra (since 2023) and Grip6 (since 2024). Along with his wife Jenny, he co-founded the HealthTree Foundation in 2013, which supports cancer patients worldwide. Paul holds a B.A. in Communications from Brigham Young University and an honorary doctorate from Netanya Academic College.
Mina is an operating executive with deep experience scaling complex, global financial and technology-driven platforms. She works at the intersection of market structure, institutional partnerships, and regulatory policy, helping firms navigate complexity while driving growth. She currently serves as Vice Chair of Geneses Capital Management. Previously, she held senior leadership roles at Jane Street Capital and AQR Capital Management, where she led strategic initiatives and supported the expansion of global trading and investment businesses. She previously served at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and on the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee, covering issues including investor protection and market integrity. Throughout her career, Mina has also been a builder of communities—most notably faith-rooted networks that support values-driven leadership in finance. She has helped cultivate spaces for young professionals in the industry to explore the intersection of purpose, responsibility, and vocation, reflecting her belief that character and conviction are essential to shaping responsible markets. Mina holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Business Administration from UC Berkeley.
Steve founded Paylocity (Nasdaq: PCTY), a leading U.S. provider of payroll and HR solutions, in 1997, where he currently serves on the board of directors. He previously served as chairman of the board of directors from Paylocity’s inception until stepping down in August 2024. Steve was the Chief Executive Officer of Blue Marble Payroll, an international payroll aggregator, prior to its acquisition by Paylocity in August 2021. In addition, he is a director of Payescape (since 2014), a UK payroll provider, and a partner in Wayfarer Studios (since 2019), Wayfarer Theaters (since 2023) and 4S Bay Partners (since 2016). He also serves on the boards of Julian Grace Foundation (since 2015), Wayfarer Foundation (since 2021), Chicago Center for Arts & Technology (since 2014) and Indiana University Women’s Philanthropy Institute (since 2022). Prior to founding Paylocity, Steve worked at Robert F. White, a Chicago-based independent payroll service firm. He later was an executive at three privately-held payroll companies. Steve formerly served as President of the Independent Payroll Providers Association. He has served as Executive Producer for The Gate: Dawn of the Bahai Faith, a groundbreaking documentary about the founding of the Baha’i Faith as well as other popular films like Clouds, the Garfield Movie, Ezra, It Ends with Us and Eleanor the Great. Steve is a passionate Baha’i who has given presentations about the Baha’i Faith and its vision of world unity at the Parliament of the World’s Religions, leading universities and other venues around the world. He is also an international philanthropist dedicated to promoting unity through universal education and advocating for the elimination of racism, sexism, nationalism and religious prejudice. Steve holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana.
Robert was appointed to the board of directors of Angel on June 6 2025, with his service effective immediately. He is the founder and Chairman of Kensington Capital Holdings, a private single-family office. He is co-founder and past CEO of the middle market private equity firm HGGC. He currently serves as an Executive Director and member of HGGC’s investment committee. Robert is also an Executive Advisor and investment committee member of KSV Global, a growth stage investment firm. He previously worked as Managing Director and Chairman of the Management Committee of Bain Capital. He is a co-founder of Sorenson Capital, past co-manager of the Merchant Banking Group of Kidder Peabody, Executive Vice President of GE Capital Markets, international consultant for McKinsey & Co and an instructor in Economics at Harvard University. He has served on numerous private and public boards of directors. Robert served full-time as a General Authority Seventy for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2012 to 2021, when he received emeritus status. Robert is currently a General Authority emeritus for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and an Executive Director of Kensington Capital Philanthropies. He is actively engaged in and co-founder of the humanitarian groups: Engage Now Africa, Unitus Labs and Ending Modern Slavery. He is currently a Director of the Forever Young Foundation and co-founder of Ensign Global University in Ghana, the Ballard Center for Social Impact at BYU and the Center for Business, Health and Prosperity at the University of Utah. Robert received his Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard University and graduated as a Phi Beta Kappa with an A. B. from the University of Utah.
As co-founder of Angel Studios and former CEO of HarmonBrothers.com, Benton spent a decade making viral videos to grow companies like Squatty Potty, Purple, Poo~Pourri, Lume Deodorant, and The Chosen. Benton launched 10 Ton to develop movies and TV series for the Angel Studios eco-system. He is an Executive Producer of Tuttle Twins, Homestead, and Young Washington. Mr. Crane holds a B.A. from Brigham Young University.
Dr. Katie Liljenquist is a faculty member in the University of Utah’s Executive Education and EMBA programs at the David Eccles School of Business, where she teaches negotiation, strategic decision-making, influence, and leadership to senior executives. She has been on the faculty since 2014 and previously was an Assistant Professor at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management from 2007 to 2013.
A National Science Foundation Fellow, Dr. Liljenquist earned her Ph.D. and M.S. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a B.S. from Arizona State University. Her research explores the psychology of decision-making, power, and influence and has been published in leading scientific journals, including Science. In addition to her academic career, she is actively engaged in community and professional development initiatives and brings a broad perspective on leadership and stakeholder alignment to her role on the Board of Directors of Angel Studios.