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AJ Klomp (born 2002) is an American who is a student of strategic management at Brigham Young University (BYU) and a strategy intern at 101. He is also an assistant to the Master of Public Administration program manager at BYU.

Education and Early Life ——————————————————————————————————————————————— AJ grew up in Queen Creek, Arizona, the son of United States Air Force Academy graduate Jeremy Klomp and Tami Klomp. He graduated from American Leadership Academy - Queen Creek (ALAQC) in 2020, then went to BYU to study Musical Theatre and Acting. After a year of schooling, he was called to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Kyiv, Ukraine. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was displaced to Pocatello, Idaho for the remainder of his service. Upon returning to BYU, he changed his major to Strategic Management with a minor in Computer Science.

Family Life ——————————————————————————————————————————————— AJ is the second child of Jeremy and Tami Klomp, and their only son. He has one older sister, Elizabeth Hall, and three younger sisters, Olivia Bagley, Ashlynn Klomp, and Evelyn Victoria Klomp. Due to Jeremy's employment with the United States Air Force from 1998-2018, the Klomp family moved throughout the country and around the world. AJ has lived in Minot, North Dakota; Monterrey, California; ShangHai, China; Las Cruces, New Mexico, Montgomery, Alabama; Springfield, Virginia; Taipei, Taiwan; and Queen Creek, Arizona; where Jeremy ultimately retired.

During his freshman year at BYU, AJ met his wife, Adelle Remke. They were enrolled in an acting class together and quickly became good friends. They wrote emails back and forth throughout the missionary service for the LDS Church, and were married in the St. George Utah Temple on January 3rd, 2024.

Education ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— AJ has attended 8 different schools throughout his life. Desert Hills Elementary School from 2007-2009; Blount Elementary School from 2009-2010; Orange Hunt Elementary School from 2010-2012; Taipei American School from 2012-2015; Camino Real Middle School from 2015-2016; Organ Mountain High School (formerly Oñate High School) from 2016-2018; American Leadership Academy - Queen Creek from 2018-2020; and Brigham Young University from 2020-2024.

He participated in a variety of extracurricular activities throughout his primary and secondary education, including athletics, fine arts, and performing arts. Some notable examples are his involvement in troupe 8191 at ALAQC, where he competed nationally at the Musical Theatre Competition of America; his presidency in show choir at ALAQC, and his achievement of Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America in Las Cruces, New Mexico.