Elder Rasband was born on February 6, 1951, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Rulon Hawkins Rasband and the former Verda Anderson. He attended Olympus High School and then the University of Utah. He left after a year to fulfill a mission call to the Eastern States Mission. After Elder Rasband returned from his mission and resumed his studies at the University of Utah, he met Melanie Twitchell. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple on September 4, 1973. They have five children. Ronald became a Bishop and later a High Councilor while a student at the University. When he completed his education he went to work for Jon Huntsman, Sr.. Elder Rasband eventually became president and chief operating officer of Huntsman Chemical, which position he held until called into full-time service for the Churc