Eight new mission presidents have been called by the First Presidency. The mission presidents and their wives will begin their service about July 1. Their assignments will be announced later. The new mission presidents are:
- Salvador Aquirre, 43, Zona Escolar Ward, Mexico City Mexico Cuautepec Stake; seminary teacher; former stake president and counselor, bishop, and branch president; communications and systems information manager for the Church; received certificate in electrical engineering from University of Autonoma Metropolitana and graduated in communications and electronics from National Politecnico Institute; born in Mexico City; married Alma Soto N., six children. She is a Primary president's counselor; former Relief Society president and counselor, and Primary president; born to Carlos Soto A. and Alma Nagel de Soto G.- Trevor A. Beatson, 55, Tarawera Ward, Rotorua New Zealand Stake; multi-stake public affairs director; former regional representative, stake president, high councilor, bishop, executive secretary, and elders quorum president; police district commander; attended Victoria University in Wellington and Auckland University; born in Kaitaia, New Zealand, to Alan Garth and Jessie Wright Beatson; married Lorna Phillips, three children. She is a Church social services counselor; former stake Relief Society president's counselor, Primary president, teacher development director, Relief Society music director, young adults teacher, and seminary teacher; received a teaching diploma from Wellington Teachers College and attended Church College of New Zealand; born in Warkworth, New Zealand, to William Leonard and Ngaroma Anaru Phillips.
- Craig R. Hickman, 46, Edgemont 14th Ward, Provo Utah Edgemont Stake; priests quorum adviser; former stake president's counselor, stake assistant executive secretary, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, and missionary in the Brazil Central Mission; author and consultant; received bachelor's degree in economics and English from BYU and master's degree in business administration from Harvard University; born in Borger, Texas, to Winston Whitehead and Verla Bingham Hickman; married Pamela Lewis, four children. She is Young Women president; former Relief Society president, Primary president's counselor, Young Women president's counselor, Primary teacher and chorister, Relief Society teacher, and ward family history representative; received bachelor's degree in secondary education from BYU; born in Brigham City, Utah, to Raymond Aaron and Margaret Elaine Tingey Lewis.
- Thomas G. Jones, 50, Peoria 2nd Ward, Peoria Arizona Stake; Sunday School teacher; former stake president and counselor, high councilor, bishop, and elders quorum president; dealer/
owner of Jones Automotive Group; received bachelor's degree in accounting from Arizona State University and attended BYU; born in Phoenix, Ariz., to Glenn Alvin and Vernell Johnson Jones; married Kathleen Sasser, six children. She is a seminary teacher; former Relief Society president and counselor, Primary president, Young Women president and adviser, Relief Society teacher, and Scout committee chairman; received bachelor's degree in elementary education from Arizona State University and attended BYU; born in Phoenix, Ariz., to Ernest Kelly and Zena Cummard Sasser.
- Stephen B. Oveson, 59, Capistrano 2nd Ward, Laguna Niguel California Stake; stake missionary; former high councilor, bishop and counselor, Young Men President, Sunday School teacher, Scoutmaster, and missionary in the Northern Mexican Mission; president and owner of Suite Thinking Inc.; received bachelor's degree in finance and banking from BYU; born in Grass Valley, Ore., to Merrill Mahonri and Mal Berg Oveson; married Dixie Randall, six children. She is a Relief Society teacher and temple worker; former stake Primary president's counselor and secretary, Relief Society president and counselor, Young Women president's counselor, and Laurel adviser; received bachelor's degree in speech, drama and English from BYU; born in Washington, D.C., to Glen "L" and Eloise Kleinman Randall Sirrine Stoker Randall.
- Armando A. Sierra, 39, Uyuca Branch, Tegucigalpa Honduras Uyuca District; district president; former mission president's counselor, stake president and counselor, district president, branch president, and missionary in the Costa Rica San Jose Mission; institute director; received degree in educational planning and administration from Autonomous University of Honduras; born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to Agustin and Herminia Sauceda De Gallardo de Sierra; married Edna E. Bustillo V., four children. She is Primary president; former Relief Society president, Young Women president, institute teacher, and seminary teacher; received degree in educational planning and administration from Autonomous University of Honduras; born in Honduras to Napoleon and Olimpia Vijil De Bustillo.
- David R. Stone, 59, Windermere Ward, Orlando Florida South Stake; ward mission leader and Sunday School teacher; former regional representative, stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop's counselor, stake Young Men president, stake Sunday School president, high priests group leader, Young Men president, temple ordinance worker, deacons quorum adviser, and missionary in the Spanish American Mission; president of household products group for Black & Decker; received bachelor's degree in English and economics from BYU; born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Hubert James and Ethel Rodger Grant Stone; married Rosalie Ann Erekson, six children. She is a Church service missionary, Relief Society teacher, ward organist, and temple ordinance worker; former stake Relief Society president and counselor, stake Young Women president, Relief Society president and counselor, Primary president and counselor, Young Women president, Relief Society teacher, Primary board member, Sunday School teacher, seminary teacher, and missionary in the French East Mission; received bachelor's degree in French from BYU and attended the University of Grenoble in France; born in Plymouth, Wis., to Arthur Beau and Lenora Elfreda Malan Erekson.
Rex W. Williams Jr., 68, Cottonwood 12th Ward, Salt Lake Big Cottonwood Stake; Sunday School teacher; former president of Florida Tampa Mission, director of LDSSA, stake president's counselor, high councilor, and priests quorum adviser; president and owner of Rex W. Williams & Sons Inc.; received bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Utah and attended the U.S. Coast Guard Academy; born in Salt Lake City to Rex Winder and Helen Young Spencer Williams; married Shirley Coombs, 12 children. She is Relief Society secretary; former Young Women president's counselor, Relief Society president's counselor, and Primary teacher; attended the University of Utah and BYU; born in Salt Lake City to Kenneth E. and LaVern Hales Coombs.