Career
Before opening his own business, Christensen obtained a retail clothing background with a large Salt Lake City department store. He was previously the director of the visitors" center at the church"s Washington District of Columbia Temple. In 2006, Christensen co-chaired Orrin Hatch"s Senate re-election campaign with Stan Parish.
In 2010 he co-chaired the Senate campaign of Democrat Sam Granato.
In 2011, he was awarded an honorary degree from Weber State University. Their son, Steve, a Salt Lake City businessman and document dealer, was murdered by document forger Mark Hofmann in 1985.