Rob Eaton is a professor of religious education at BYU-Idaho and speaks regularly at BYU Education Week. He has also taught seminaries and institute and served as a bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

A graduate of BYU and Stanford Law School, he has also worked as a research assistant for F.A.R.M.S., an attorney, and a corporate vice president prior to teaching religion full-time. He and his wife, Dianne, live in Rexburg, Idaho, and are the parents of four children.