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Nelson L. Altamirano, 56, Managua, Nicaragua; director, Central America Cause for Hope; most recently served as president of the Nicaragua Managua Mission, 2001-2004; former branch president, district president, stake president and regional representative. Wife: Ester; four children.

Manuel Araiz, 56, Mexico City, Mexico; CES regional coordinator; serving as a counselor in the presidency of the Mexico City Arbolillo Stake; former branch president, stake president and counselor. Wife, Elsa; two children.

Manuel Araiz
Manuel Araiz

Sergio E. Avila, 41, Buenos Aires, Argentina; partner, family manufacturing company; president of the Buenos Aires Argentina Aldo Bonzi Stake; former bishop's counselor, branch president's counselor and stake president's counselor. Wife: Claudia; five children.

Sergio E. Avila
Sergio E. Avila

Marcelo Bolfarini, 45, So Paulo, Brazil; owner, education and technology company; president of the Jundia Brazil Stake; former high councilor and branch president. Wife: Carmen; two children.

Marcelo Bolfarini
Marcelo Bolfarini

Shayne M. Bowen, 50, Idaho Falls, Idaho; owner, Bowen Insurance Inc.; president of the BYU-Idaho 1st Stake; former bishop, high councilor, stake president and mission president. Wife: Lynette; seven children.

Shayne M. Bowen
Shayne M. Bowen

David R. Brown, 48, Colonia Juarez, Mexico; director of seminary and institute, Colonia Juarez Academy; cattle rancher; high councilor in the Colonia Juarez Mexico Stake; former bishop's counselor, high councilor, stake president's counselor and mission president. Wife: Tamara; five children.

David R. Brown
David R. Brown

Fernando E. Calderon, 46, Quito, Ecuador; owner, home construction company; president of the San Rafael Ecuador District; former branch president, bishop's counselor, stake president and counselor. Wife: Adriana; three children.

Fernando E. Calderon
Fernando E. Calderon

Milton da Rocha Camargo, 47, Santana de Parnaiba, Brazil; President of AOL Brazil; counselor to president of the Brazil Missionary Training Center; former bishop's counselor, bishop, and mission president. Wife: Patricia; three children.

Milton da Rocha Camargo
Milton da Rocha Camargo

Daniel M. Canoles, 49, Santiago, Chile; temple engineer, Santiago Chile Temple; bishop's counselor in Pocuro Ward; former bishop, stake president's counselor, stake president, and mission president's counselor. Wife: Luz; three children.

Daniel M. Canoles
Daniel M. Canoles

I. Poloski Cordon, 37, Guatemala City, Guatemala; temple recorder, Guatemala City Guatemala Temple; president of the Villa Nueva Guatemala Stake; former bishop's counselor and high councilor. Wife: Lorena; four children.

I. Poloski Cordon
I. Poloski Cordon

Federico F. Costales Jr., 43, Baguio City, Philippines; CES assistant director; former bishop's counselor, bishop, stake president and counselor and mission president. Wife: Helen; five children.

Federico F. Costales Jr.
Federico F. Costales Jr.

John C. Dalton, 61, Yorba Linda, Calif.; founder and CEO of Certified Document Destruction Inc.; assistant coordinator, Newport Beach California Temple Open House Committee; former bishop's counselor, bishop, stake president's counselor, and stake president. Wife: Louise; four children.

John C. Dalton
John C. Dalton

Heber O. Diaz, 62, Buenos Aires, Argentina; human resource manager of furniture factory; area auditor, South America South Area; former branch president, bishop, high councilor, district president, stake president, mission president's counselor and mission president. Wife: Gloria; four children.

Heber O. Diaz
Heber O. Diaz

Luis G. Duarte, 43, Comayaguela, Honduras; property manager; public affairs director for Honduras; former bishop, high councilor, stake president, and mission president. Wife: Gladys; three children.

Luis G. Duarte
Luis G. Duarte

Frerich J. Gorts, 61, Dusseldorf, Germany; retired; former CEO of Deutsche Telekom; public affairs director; former branch president's counselor, branch president, bishop, stake president and sealer. Wife: Heidrun; four children.

Frerich J. Gorts
Frerich J. Gorts

Ronald J. Hammond, 49, Rexburg, Idaho; Rexburg Clinic director, Eagle Rock Dental Group; adjunct faculty member, BYU-Idaho; Gospel Doctrine teacher in the Rexburg 18th Ward; former branch president, stake president, Area Authority Seventy and mission president. Wife: Sandi; six children.

Ronald J. Hammond
Ronald J. Hammond

Miguel Hidalgo, 56, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico; country director, ACS-Business Process Solutions; high councilor in the Ciudad Juarez Mexico North Stake and ordinance worker in the Ciudad Juarez Mexico Temple; former branch president, bishop, high councilor, stake president's counselor, stake president, mission president's counselor and mission president. Wife: Olga; five children.

Miguel Hidalgo
Miguel Hidalgo

Patrick Kearon, 43, Clevedon, England; owner, Kearon Hulme Communications; president of the Bristol England Stake; former bishop's counselor and branch president. Wife: Jennifer; four children.

Patrick Kearon
Patrick Kearon

Donald J. Keyes, 54, Uintah, Utah; president, Keyes Insurance Services; public affairs director for the Utah North Area; former bishop, high councilor, stake president's counselor, and stake president. Wife: Jacquelyn; four children.

Donald J. Keyes
Donald J. Keyes

Christiaan H. Kleijweg, 55, Voorschoten, The Netherlands; financial and property manager, IKEA; president of The Hague Netherlands Stake; former branch president, bishop, and high councilor. Wife: Marianne; four children.

Christiaan H. Kleijweg
Christiaan H. Kleijweg

Larry R. Lawrence, 57, Clovis, Calif.; ophthalmologist; ward Young Men Duty to God specialist, Alluvial Ward; former bishop, high councilor, stake president's counselor, stake president and mission president. Wife: Laurel; six children.

Larry R. Lawrence
Larry R. Lawrence

Robert W. Lees, 62, Paradise Valley, Ariz.; partner, Lees Mayfield Associates and president of Robert W. Lees (real estate development) Co.; an ordinance worker in the Mesa Arizona Temple, former bishop's counselor, high councilor, stake president, and mission president. Wife: Kay; five children.

Robert W. Lees
Robert W. Lees

F. Rene Loli, 55, Lima, Peru; operations and training manager, Lima Peru Missionary Training Center; president of the Lima Peru MTC Branch, former bishop's counselor, branch president's counselor, stake president's counselor, stake president, mission president and regional representative. Wife: Consuelo; two children.

F. Rene Loli
F. Rene Loli

Glendon Lyons, 51, Queretaro, Mexico; prior to his service as mission president was logistics manager, Polaroid of Mexico; president of the Peru Lima East Mission; former branch president, bishop, stake president's counselor, stake president and mission president's counselor. Wife: Patricia; four children.

Glendon Lyons
Glendon Lyons

Juan A. Machuca, 58, Mexico City, Mexico; administrator, Benemerito School; counselor to president of the Mexico City Missionary Training Center; former bishop, high councilor, stake president's counselor, stake president, mission president's counselor and mission president. Wife: Isabel; three children.

Juan A. Machuca
Juan A. Machuca

Raymundo Morales, 50, Crdenas, Mexico; sales representative, Nature's Labs; president of the Cardenas Mexico Stake; former branch president and bishop's counselor. Wife: Isabel; five children.

Raymundo Morales
Raymundo Morales

Brent H. Nielson, 50, Twin Falls, Idaho; attorney and partner: Roy, Nielsen, Barini-Garcia & Platts; Young Men president, Twin Falls 14th Ward; former bishop, high councilor, stake president's counselor and stake president. Wife: Marcia; six children.

Brent H. Nielson
Brent H. Nielson

Carlos S. Obata, 49, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; assistant to the general manager, Corporate University of Petrobras (oil company); recently released as bishop of the Brotas Ward; former branch president, district president, mission president's counselor and stake president. Wife: Janete; four children.

Carlos S. Obata
Carlos S. Obata

Alejandro M. Robles, 64, Lima, Peru; dentist; recently released as public affairs director for the South America West Area; former bishop, stake president's counselor, temple president's counselor, sealer, Regional Representative, and Area Authority Seventy. Wife: Gloria; four children.

Alejandro M. Robles
Alejandro M. Robles

Gerardo L. Rubio, 46, Santiago, Chile; supervisor of Aeronautical Technicians, Chilean Air Force; a counselor in the presidency of the Chile Santiago East Mission; former bishop's counselor, bishop, high councilor and stake president. Wife: Leonor; three children.

Gerardo L. Rubio
Gerardo L. Rubio

Gvido Senkans, 38, Riga, Latvia; attorney and chairman of Supervisory Board, FSC Multibanka; president of the Riga Latvia District; former branch president's counselor, branch president, and district president's counselor. Wife: Velga; five children.

Gvido Senkans
Gvido Senkans

Fabian L. Sinamban, 42, General Santos City, Philippines; self-employed, Cellular City Communication; public affairs director, Philippines General Santos Stake, and region welfare agent; former district president's counselor, district president and stake president. Wife: Gay; four children.

Fabian L. Sinamban
Fabian L. Sinamban

Dirk Smibert, 49, Queensland, Australia; prior to his service as mission president was executive director, PDC Group; president of the New Zealand Auckland Mission; former bishop, high councilor, stake president's counselor, stake president and mission president's counselor. Wife: Kerry; five children.

Dirk Smibert
Dirk Smibert

Hans T. Sorensen, 46, Auckland, New Zealand; principal partner, Sorensen Law; president of the Auckland New Zealand Henderson Stake and ordinance worker in the Hamilton New Zealand Temple; former bishop's counselor and high councilor. Wife: Fredda; two children.

Hans T. Sorensen
Hans T. Sorensen

Eivind Sterri, 43, Asker, Norway; finance director, Avis Rent-a-Car (Scandinavia); recently released as president of the Oslo Norway Stake; former bishop, high councilor and mission president's counselor. Wife: Rut; three children.

Elvind Sterri
Elvind Sterri

Miguel R. Valdez, 41, Santa Rosa, Philippines; prior to his service as mission president was CES coordinator; president of the Philippines Davao Mission; former bishop's counselor, bishop, district president's counselor, stake president's counselor and stake president. Wife: Soledad; three children.

Miguel R. Valdez
Miguel R. Valdez

Gary W. Walker, 61, Eagle, Idaho; president, the Eagle Group Inc.; public affairs director, Idaho Area; former bishop's counselor, bishop, high councilor, stake president's counselor and stake president. Wife: Kathleen; seven children.

Gary W. Walker
Gary W. Walker

Richard C. Zambrano, 38, Arequipa, Peru; attorney; president of the Arequipa Peru Umacollo Stake; former high councilor and stake president's counselor. Wife: Silvia Patricia; two children.

Richard C. Zambrano
Richard C. Zambrano
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