Sunday School general presidency
Russell T. Osguthorpe, 62, was serving as a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy when he received the call to serve as the general president of the Sunday School. He has served also as a stake and ward Young Men president, elders quorum president, counselor in a bishopric, branch president at the Provo Utah Missionary Training Center and president of the South Dakota Rapid City Mission, and has been a member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Brother Osguthorpe holds multiple degrees from Brigham Young University including a Ph.D. in instructional psychology. He serves as director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and is a professor in the BYU Department of Instructional Psychology and Technology. His wife is Lola Amelia Sedgwick Osguthorpe.
David M. McConkie, 60, was serving as a stake president when he was called as the first counselor in the Sunday School general presidency. Previous Church service includes being a counselor in a stake presidency, on a high council, and serving as a bishop.
Brother McConkie is an attorney practicing law at a Salt Lake City-based law firm. He received his law degree from the University of Utah. Brother McConkie's wife is JoAnne Albrecht McConkie.
Matthew Ottesen Richardson, 48, is the second counselor in the Sunday School general presidency. He has served as a Sunday School teacher, Young Men president and counselor, bishop and as a member of a Young Men/Young Women curriculum writing committee.
Brother Richardson has completed undergraduate and graduate work at Brigham Young University with degrees in communication and educational leadership. He worked as a seminary instructor and as an instructor and professor at BYU where he also served as the Associate Dean of Religious Education. His wife is Lisa Jeanne Jackson Richardson.
