Thomas Spencer Monson was an American religious leader, author, and the 16th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As president, he was considered by adherents of the religion to be a prophet, seer, and revelator. Monson's early career was as a manager at the Deseret News, a Utah newspaper owned by the LDS Church. He spent most of his life engaged in various church leadership positions and public service.
David Oman McKay was an American religious leader and educator who served as the ninth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1951 until his death in 1970. Ordained an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1906, McKay was an active general authority for nearly 64 years, longer than anyone else in LDS Church history.
Henry Bennion Eyring is an American educational administrator, author, and religious leader. Eyring has been the Second Counselor to Russell M. Nelson in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since January 14, 2018. Previously, Eyring was the First Counselor to Thomas S. Monson in the First Presidency from 2008 until Monson's death on January 2, 2018. Eyring was the Second Counselor to Gordon B. Hinckley in the First Presidency from October 6, 2007, until Hinckley's death on January 27, 2008.
The Deseret Management Corporation (DMC) is a global operating company, managing for-profit entities affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was established in 1966 by church president David O. McKay to hold already-existing church assets. DMC companies provide content, services, and information through a diverse portfolio of companies, with the majority being media and communications brands.
John Quayle Cannon was an editor-in-chief of the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, Utah, and a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He also served as a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War. He was the son of LDS Church apostle George Q. Cannon and Elizabeth Hoagland. He was married to Elizabeth "Annie" Wells Cannon. Cannon is one of the few general authorities of the LDS Church to have been excommunicated.
Joseph Leopold Wirthlin was the eighth presiding bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Harold David Burton was the thirteenth Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1995 to 2012 and has been the chairman of the University of Utah board of trustees since 2016.
Victor Lee Brown was the tenth Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1972 to 1985. He was an LDS Church general authority from 1961 until his death.
The Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a priesthood calling with church-wide authority. The Presiding Bishop is the highest leadership position within the church's Aaronic priesthood.
David Asael Smith was a member of the presiding bishopric of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1907 and 1938 and was the first president of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Glenn Leroy Pace was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1985 until his death. As a general authority, he served as a counselor in the presiding bishopric and also in the First Quorum of Seventy. In 2010, he was designated an emeritus general authority.
Neil Dean Schaerrer was the fourteenth general president of the Young Men organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1977 to 1979.
John Thomas Fyans was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1974 until his death.
Marvin Owen Ashton was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1938 until his death. Prior to becoming a general authority, Ashton was a prominent local leader of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah.
John Longden was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1951 until his death.
Gérald Jean Caussé has been the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 9 October 2015. He is the fifteenth man to serve in this position. He has been a general authority of the LDS Church since 2008 and was the first person from France appointed as a general authority.
Paul Edward Koelliker has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 2005.
Oscar Walter McConkie Jr. was an American politician and attorney in Utah and leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was the president of the Utah State Senate from 1965 to 1966, subsequently becoming the chairman of the law firm of Kirton McConkie. He authored several popular books on Latter-day Saint subjects.
Clark G. Gilbert has been a general authority seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since April 2021 and the Church Commissioner of Education since August of that year. He was the president of BYU–Pathway Worldwide (BYU–PW), an online higher education organization, from its creation in 2017 until August 2021. He was serving as the 16th president of Brigham Young University–Idaho (BYU–Idaho) when he was appointed inaugural president of BYU–PW. Previously, Gilbert served as president and CEO of both the Deseret News and Deseret Digital Media, having also served as an executive vice president of Deseret Management Corporation, a professor at Harvard Business School (HBS), and as an associate academic vice president at BYU–Idaho.
Linda Kjar Burton was the sixteenth general president of the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2012 to 2017.
