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New Relief Society, Primary General Presidencies called to serve

By Genelle Pugmire - | Apr 2, 2022

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The Relief Society General Presidency beginning Aug, 1, 2022 , from left: First Counselor J. Anette Dennis, President Camille N. Johnson and Second Counselor Kristin M. Yee.

As part of the Saturday afternoon session of Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, changes were made to the Relief Society and Primary organizations. Six General Authority Seventies were also called.

The new Relief Society and Primary leaders will begin their service on Aug. 1.

President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the calls during the Saturday afternoon session of the conference.

New General Authority Seventies

Elder Mark D. Eddy: Elder Eddy is a native of Long Beach, California. He has been serving as a member of the Twelfth Quorum of the Seventy in the Utah Area. He was president of the Uruguay Montevideo Mission from 2016 to 2019. He and his wife, Annette, have six children.

Elder James W. McConkie III: Elder McConkie is from Salt Lake City. His most recent church assignment was stake president. He was president of the Czech/Slovak Mission from 2013 to 2016. Elder McConkie and his wife, Laurel, have four children.

Courtesy Intellectual Reserve

The Primary General Presidency beginning Aug. 1, 2022, from left: First Counselor Amy Wright, President Susan H. Porter and Second Counselor Tracy Y. Browning.

Elder Isaac K. Morrison: Elder Morrison was born in Takoradi, Ghana. He has been serving as president of the Ghana Cape Coast Mission. Elder Morrison has worked for the church in various capacities since 2004. He and his wife, Hannah, have three children.

Elder Ryan K. Olsen: Elder Olsen is from Provo. He has been serving as a member of the Twelfth Quorum of the Seventy in the Utah Area. He was president of the Uruguay Montevideo West Mission from 2016 to 2019. He and his wife, Julie, have four children.

Elder Jonathan S. Schmitt: Elder Schmitt hails from Mesa, Arizona. His most recent church service was in the Eleventh Quorum of the Seventy in the North America Southwest Area. He was president of the California San Diego Mission from 2014 to 2017. He and his wife, Alexis, have four children.

Elder Denelson Silva: Elder Silva is a native of Recife, Brazil. He was a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy in the Brazil Area at the time of his call. He was president of the Angola Luanda Mission from 2016 to 2019. He and his wife, Regina Maria de Carvalho, have two children.

New Relief Society General Presidency

Sister Camille N. Johnson, President: Sister Johnson has served for the past year as the Primary General President. She and her husband, Douglas, served as companion and mission president in the Perú Arequipa Mission from 2016 to 2019. When their service ended, Sister Johnson returned to work as a lawyer at the law firm Snow, Christensen & Martineau. Johnson received English and law degrees from the University of Utah. She and her husband have three sons.

Courtesy Intellectual Reserve

The six new General Authority Seventies announced on Saturday April 2, 2022. Top row, from left: Elder Mark D. Eddy, Elder James W. McConkie III, Elder Isaac K. Morrison. Bottom row, from left: Elder Ryan K. Olsen, Elder Jonathan S. Schmitt, Elder Denelson Silva.

Sister J. Anette Dennis, first counselor: Sister Dennis has served in many assignments, including the Primary general advisory council, the Davis County Utah Public Affairs Council, matron of the Guayaquil Ecuador Temple and companion to her husband in the Ecuador Guayaquil West Mission. She was born in Provo and studied elementary education at Brigham Young University. She and her husband Jorge Dennis have four children and nine grandchildren.

Sister Kristin M. Yee, second counselor: Sister Yee works as the manager of the church’s animation team. She was previously employed by Disney Interactive Studios for 13 years. Her church assignments have included the Primary general advisory council (since 2021), Relief Society president at stake and ward levels, ward Young Women president and Sunday School teacher. She completed bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Brigham Young University. She was born in Sacramento, California.

New Primary General Presidency

Sister Susan H. Porter, president: Sister Porter has served as First Counselor in the Primary General Presidency for the past year. Before that, she served on the Relief Society general advisory council for four years. She has also served in several teaching and leadership assignments in her local congregation. She and her late husband, Elder Bruce D. Porter of the Seventy (1952-2016), raised their two sons and two daughters in the eastern United States, Germany and Utah and fulfilled church assignments in Russia and the Middle East. Sister Porter attended Brigham Young University and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry.

Sister Amy Wright, first counselor: Sister Wright has served as Second Counselor in the Primary General Presidency for the past year. Before that, she was on the Young Women general advisory council for three years. She was born in Salt Lake City and received a bachelor’s degree in human development and family studies from the University of Utah. Sister Wright worked at Marquette University in the Diederich College of Communications, where she helped facilitate an urban journalism camp for inner-city youth. She and her husband, James, have three sons. She has been involved in several teaching and leadership assignments in her local congregation.

Sister Tracy Y. Browning, second counselor: Sister Browning has served on the Relief Society general advisory council since 2018. She was born in New Rochelle, New York, but spent a good portion of her childhood on the island of Jamaica in the West Indies, the birthplace of her mother and father. She spent 15 years working in the financial industry at Morgan Stanley before joining church employment in 2015. Sister Browning currently works as a client service director in the church’s Publishing Services Department. She and her husband, Brayden D. Browning, are the parents of a daughter and son.

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