Mark Dietlein was a co-founder and is the current president and chief executive officer of Hale Center Theatre in Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

. He is also a current member of the Young Men

Young Men (organization)

The Young Men is a youth organization and an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

 General Board of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He is a grandson of Ruth Hale

Ruth Hale (playwright and actress)

Ruth Hale was an American playwright and actress.Hale was born in Granger, Utah and was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints....

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As a young man, Dietlein served in the Utah Salt Lake City and Brazil

Brazil

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 Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...

 Missions

Mission (LDS Church)

A mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a geographical administrative area to which church missionaries are assigned. Almost all areas of the world are within the boundaries of an LDS Church mission, whether or not Mormon missionaries live or proselytize in the area...

 of the LDS Church. He studied at Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...

, where he earned a degree in finance and real estate management.

In 1985, Dietlein was involved in opening the Hale Center Theatre, then in South Salt Lake but relocated to West Valley City

West Valley City, Utah

West Valley City is a city in Salt Lake County and a suburb of Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah. The population was 129,480 at the 2010 census,...

 in 1998. He was assisted in the opening by his grandparents, Nathan Hale, Ruth Hale, his aunt Sally and his wife Sally.

Prior to being called as a member of the Young Men General Board in early 2006, Dietlein had served as a counselor in a stake presidency, bishop, elders quorum president, high councilor, and scout

Scouting

Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....

leader in the LDS Church.

Dietlein is married to the former Sally Maynard who serves as vice president of Hale Center Theatre.