David J. Cherrington (DBA, SPHR) is a retired professor.  He taught at the University of Illinois in Champaign for four years before transferring to BYU in 1973. He also taught at the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1977 and BYU-Hawaii Campus in 1980. He is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management and the Academy of Management. He has served as President of the Personnel Association of Central Utah and as the National Director of Codification and Research for the Human Resource Certification Institute. He is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and served from 1989 to 1995 as a member of the national HRCI board of directors. 
In addition to being the principle author of the HRCP Program, Dr. Cherrington is the author of four textbooks, and has authored or coauthored over 50 research articles in professional journals and magazines.  He was a member of an inter-disciplinary research team studying the causes of fraud and white-collar crime from 1978 to 1980 and has been active since then in studying problems of dishonesty. His research has included extensive data analysis from questionnaires, qualitative research from interviews of convicts, and seminars with students and executives. In 1986 he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington D.C.  
Dr. Cherrington and his sweetheart, Marilyn are the proud parents of four children,  grandparents to sixteen grandchildren, and one great grandson named David.  Dr. Cherrington is spending his retirement years growing delicious vegetables and grandchildren with grit.