Sharon Slater has served as president of United Families International (UFI) for the past two years. She and her husband have traveled throughout the world attending United Nation conferences to promote family provisions in UN documents. They also have traveled throughout Africa promoting UFI's Stay Alive, HIV/AIDS abstinence-based education program. The Slaters are in the process of adopting three orphans from Mozambique, Africa. Sharon is a graduate of Brigham Young University in the field of family sciences.
United Families International (UFI) is a nonprofit, nondenominational organization dedicated to promoting the family as the fundamental unit of society at the local, national, and international level. UFI promotes respect for marriage, life, religion, parental rights and national sovereignty.
As a nongovernmental organization with official ECOSOC status at the United Nations, UFI works closely with UN Ambassadors and delegates to promote pro-family policies in UN documents.