Steven J. Lund
Steven J. Lund | |
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23rd Young Men General President | |
April 4, 2020 | |
Called by | Russell M. Nelson |
Predecessor | Stephen W. Owen |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Mesa, Arizona, United States | October 30, 1953
Education | BA, JD |
Alma mater | Brigham Young University |
Spouse(s) |
Kalleen Kirk (m. 1980) |
Children | 4 |
Steven J. Lund (born October 30, 1953) is an American executive, attorney, and has been the 23rd Young Men General President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 2020.
He worked as an attorney before co-founding and later becoming CEO of Utah-based
Lund served as a full-time LDS Church missionary in the Netherlands Amsterdam Mission. He attended Brigham Young University, where he obtained both a degree in communications and a juris doctor degree from the J. Reuben Clark Law School.[4] He served in the U.S. Army and was assigned to Frankfurt, Germany where he met his future wife.[1]
In 2012, Lund was a major donor to presidential candidate Mitt Romney and was connected to Eli Publishing Inc., a political action committee.[5][6]
LDS Church service
Lund has served in the LDS Church as
In the LDS Church's October 2020 general conference, Lund gave an address centered on the faith of his 12-year-old son dying of cancer.[7] In December 2020, Lund helped announce the creation of the new youth-based magazine, For the Strength of Youth and remarked, "We really need to place virtuous things front and center in our lives".[8]
Personal life
Lund married Kalleen Kirk in 1980 and they have four children.[1] He is a former regent of the Utah System of Higher Education.[9]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Swensen, Jason. "Why the new Young Men general president believes life’s joys are boundless", Church News, 2 July 2020. Retrieved on 2 April 2021.
- ^ Editorial, Reuters. "NU Skin Enterprises Inc, Company Profile | Reuters.com". U.S. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Pugmire, Genelle. "Nu Skin: 30 years of growing products, changing lives ", Daily Herald (Utah), 18 June 2014. Retrieved on 2 April 2021.
- ^ "Steven J. Lund, Nu Skin Enterprises", Daily Herald (Utah), 23 February 2014. Retrieved on 2 April 2021.
- ^ Rutenberg, Jim. "Mormons’ First Families Rally Behind Romney", The New York Times, 16 July 2012. Retrieved on 2 April 2021.
- ^ "Who’s Financing the ‘Super PACs’", The New York Times, 7 May 2012. Retrieved on 2 April 2021.
- ^ Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "Things 'might get worse before they get better,’ Uchtdorf warns, but God will help us", The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 October 2020. Retrieved on 2 April 2021.
- ^ Pugmire, Genelle. "LDS members to see new look, focus in church magazines beginning in January ", Daily Herald (Utah), 4 December 2020. Retrieved on 2 April 2021.
- ^ Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "Former Utah Valley University president joins LDS Church’s general authority ranks", The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 April 2020. Retrieved on 2 April 2021.