National Advisory Council

Lara Layton

Membership Information:

Member Since: 2022

Spouse:

Dave Layton

Expertise:

  • microbiology
  • flower farming

Biography:

Lara Layton earned her bachelor’s degree in microbiology from BYU. Early in her career as a microbiologist, she was involved in a scale effort to match genetic information to familial pedigrees, which eventually became a part of Ancestry.com. Lara is an avid flower farmer (www.luckyeweflowers.com) and philanthropist. She sits on the board of trustees of Evergreen Country Day school. David and Lara have six children.