The First Presidency has annnounced the assignments of the new area presidencies worldwide, effective Aug. 15, 2000.
Most of the members of the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy serve in area presidencies. Additional positions in the area presidencies are filled by Area Authority Seventies of the Third, Fourth and Fifth Quorums of the Seventy.
Members of the Seventy who are not in area presidencies serve in the Presidency of the Seventy, and as executive directors or assistant executive directors of various departments at Church headquarters. Members of the Seventy also serve as the Young Men and Sunday School general presidencies and on committees and special assignments.
Numbers correspond to the areas on the above map.
Utah North
President: Cecil O. Samuelson
First Counselor: Gene R. Cook
Second Counselor: Vaughn J. Featherstone
Utah South
President: John H. Groberg
First Counselor: Charles Didier
Second Counselor: Dennis E. Simmons
North America Northwest
President: F. Melvin Hammond
First Counselor: John M. Madsen
Second Counselor: Robert K. Dellenbach
North America West
President: John B. Dickson
First Counselor: William R. Bradford
Second Counselor: Dieter F. Uchtdorf
North America Central
President: Donald L. Staheli
First Counselor: Monte J. Brough
Second Counselor: F. Burton Howard
North America Northeast
President: W. Craig Zwick
First Counselor: Neil L. Andersen
Second Counselor: Spencer J. Condie
North America East
President: Sheldon F. Child
First Counselor: Yoshihiko Kikuchi
Second Counselor: L. Lionel Kendrick
North America Southeast
President: Richard D. Allred
First Counselor: Gordon T. Watts
Second Counselor: *J. Devn Cornish
North America Southwest
President: Rex D. Pinegar
First Counselor: Richard J. Maynes
Second Counselor: Hugh W. Pinnock
Mexico North
President: Lynn A. Mickelsen
First Counselor: Gary J. Coleman
Second Counselor: *Adrián Ochoa
Mexico South
President: Carl B. Pratt
First Counselor: Richard H. Winkel
Second Counselor: *Armando Gaona
Central America
President: Lynn G. Robbins
First Counselor: Jerald L. Taylor
Second Counselor: *Julio E. Alvarado
South America North
President: Robert J. Whetten
First Counselor: H. Aldridge Gillespie
Second Counselor: *Walter F. González
Brazil North
President: Claudio R.M. Costa
First Counselor: Robert S. Wood
Second Counselor: Darwin B. Christenson
Brazil South
President: J. Kent Jolley
First Counselor: Athos M. Amorím
Second Counselor: Adhemar Damiani
South America West
President: Ned B. Roueché
First Counselor: David R. Stone
Second Counselor: *Juan Uceda
South America South
President: Jay E. Jensen
First Counselor: Keith Crockett
Second Counselor: *Claudio D. Zivic
Chile
President: Dale E. Miller
First Counselor: Stephen B. Oveson
Second Counselor: *John A. Harris
Europe North
President: W. Rolfe Kerr
First Counselor: Ronald A. Rasband
Second Counselor: *John Maxwell
Europe West
President: John K. Carmack
First Counselor: D. Lee Tobler
Second Counselor: Harold G. Hillam
Europe East
President: Wayne M. Hancock
First Counselor: Douglas L. Callister
Second Counselor: *Wolfgang H. Paul
Africa West
President: Glenn L. Pace
First Counselor: H. Bruce Stucki
Second Counselor: *Emmanuel O. Opare Sr.
Africa Southeast
President: Ray H. Wood
First Counselor: Robert C. Oaks
Second Counselor: *Christoffel Golden Jr.
Asia North
President: L. Edward Brown
First Counselor: E. Ray Bateman
Second Counselor: Donald L. Hallstrom
Asia
President: Cree-L Kofford
First Counselor: Richard E. Cook
Second Counselor: H. Bryan Richards
Philippines
President: Duane B. Gerrard
First Counselor: Merrill C. Oaks
Second Counselor: Angel Abrea
Pacific Islands
President: Quentin L. Cook
First Counselor: Ronald T. Halverson
Second Counselor: Earl M. Monson
Australia/New Zealand
President: Kenneth Johnson
First Counselor: Val R. Christensen
Second Counselor: *Victor D. Cave
* Area Authority Seventies
