Crystal Green

Latter-day Saint MBA Podcast

Crystal Green grew up in Tucson, Arizona, and is the second of five daughters in a family of six kids. As a kid, she'd organize her siblings to create small stands and compete to see who could earn the most fake money with their idea. This was the beginning of her interest in business.

After graduating cum laude from Harvard, she came to Utah to work for a non-profit called Humanitarian Experience, Inc or HEFY. At HEFY she travelled the world, planning humanitarian trips for LDS teens. When she became Executive Director of HEFY, she transformed their finances to be independent of external donors and doubled the size of the organization.

While at HEFY, Crystal applied for law school but the Founders were adamant that Business School would be a better option. It took multiple grad school standardized tests, personal essays, and lost deposits for her to come to the same conclusion, that an MBA was more up her alley.

Crystal attended Oxford Said, living with her husband beside the business school. It was an incredible opportunity to learn about business surrounded by people from all over the world. After graduating, she went to work for Qualtrics as a Global Operations Manager and then as the Manager of the Workflow Automations and Analytics team. She was at Qualtrics through the SAP acquisition and led the procurement of Genesys to improve the technology around their support.

After almost 2 years, she left Qualtrics to spend more time with her family. She now has two young children (2 years and 6 months), serves on several Boards, consults on data and operations part-time, and is training for a triathlon. She feels busy and fulfilled and looks forward to returning to more full-time work when her children are a little less dependent on her.