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Learn about the presidencies of these 5 new or reorganized stakes in the U.S., South America and the Caribbean

Notices of new and reorganized stakes around the world

New stake

A new stake has been created from the Escondido California and Vista California stakes. The San Marcos California Stake, which consists of the Las Posas (Spanish) Branch and the Buena Creek, Double Peak, Palomar YSA, Santa Fe Hills, Shadowridge and Twin Oaks Valley wards, was created by Elder Mark D. Eddy, General Authority Seventy, and Elder Voi R. Taeoalii, an Area Seventy.

SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA STAKE: (Sept. 11, 2022) President — Robert Todd McMaster, 56, dentist; wife, Deon Dow McMaster. Counselors — Matthew Thomas Borgquist, 39, Genentech - Roche field compliance liason and field reimbursement manager; wife, Meleah Susan Shupe Borgquist. Christopher John Fellars, 41, self-employed president; wife, Lacey Ann Dalton Fellars.

Reorganized stakes

BALTIMORE MARYLAND STAKE: (April 10, 2022) President — Leo Austin McCafferty III, 53, Verizon senior account manager; succeeding Michael P. Brady; wife, Jeannette Ballve McCafferty. Counselors — Anderson Coppedê Gonçalves, 52, Warner Music finance transformation consultant; wife, Regina Aparecida Silva Coppedê Gonçalves. Jonathon Owen Russell, 41, Johns Hopkins surgeon; wife, Natalie Ruth McClure Russell.

BARQUISIMETO VENEZUELA OBELISCO STAKE: (Sept. 25, 2022) President — Edwin Johan Barco Torres, 29, Seminaries and Institutes of Religion administrative assistant; succeeding Ricardo A. Rico; wife, Ana Maria Castellano de Barco. Counselors — Eugenio Cedeño, 47, entrepreneur; wife, Neira Melisa de Cedeńo Jaramillo. Benjamin Jose Blatch Colina, 55, Moroni Group Integral Center physiotherapist; wife, Ana Graciela de Blatch Villegas.

CÓRDOBA ARGENTINA EAST STAKE: (Sept. 11, 2022) President — Juan Manuel Vera, 44, Centro de Interacción Multimedia S.A. administrative employee; succeeding Marcelo J. Daniele; wife, Ana Carla Vera. Counselors — Luis Alejandro Sanchez, 30, Greentech ER commercial deputy manager, business intelligence analyst, and academic coordination and user experience employee; wife, Natalia Mercedes Sanchez. Ezequiel Alejandro Daniele, 34, Sica S.A. sales manager and business owner; wife, Laura Cecilia Daniele.

PUERTO PLATA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC STAKE: (March 6, 2022) President — Carlos Emmanuel Gardner Hurtado, 41, Polanco Fernández & Associates accounts receivable manager; succeeding Eddy W. Morrobel; wife, Elizabeth Gardner Chevalier. Counselors — Lonni Smaillin Quezada Melo, 36, Ministry of Education regional educational adviser; wife, Griselda Rosibel Lopez de Quezada. Edwin Manuel Durán Sánchez, 26, Colgate Palmolive compliance executive and Inversiones R&M owner and co-founder; wife, Jiany Carolina Reynoso Eve.

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