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:
- Scott W. Hadley, 50, West Weber 3rd Ward, Ogden Utah Weber North Stake; former stake president, high councilor, stake missionary, bishop, executive secretary, and missionary in Brazil; seminary teacher; received bachelor's degree in speech pathology and master's degree in organizational behavior from BYU; born in Odgen, Utah, to Dan D and Florence Wright Hadley; married Carol Seamons, six children. She is Relief Society president's counselor; former member of stake Primary presidency, Young Women president, Primary president's counselor, Relief Society and Primary teacher; attended Weber State University; born in Ogden, Utah, to Darrell A. and Doris Hadley Seamons.- Richard W. Jones, 42, Kaysville 20th Ward, Kaysville Utah Crestwood Stake; stake Young Adult adviser; former high councilor, bishop, elders quorum president, Young Men president, Sunday School president and teacher, and missionary in the Washington D.C. Mission; attorney; received bachelor's degree in economics and law degree from BYU; born in Columbus, Ohio, to Milton Bennion and Grace Elaine Guymon Jones; married Jean Knudsen, five children. She is stake Young Adult adviser; former Young Women president's counselor, Relief Society president's counselor, Relief Society homemaking leader and teacher, activities committee chairman, and missionary in Osaka, Japan; received degree as a registered nurse from BYU; born in Salt Lake City to Jesse Deroid and Marjorie Lorraine Ludlow Knudsen.
- C. Daniel Litchford Jr., 51, Uintah 3rd Ward, Ogden Utah Weber Stake; stake Young Adult adviser and institute instructor; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop, Young Men president's counselor, and missionary in the Sao Paulo Brazil Mission; professor of sales and service technology at Weber State University; received bachelor's and master's degrees in marketing and distributive education from Utah State University and doctor of education degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; born in Brigham City, Utah, to Charles Daniel and Ruth Snow Litchford; married Nancy Freeman, two children. She is stake Young Adult adviser and instructor; former stake Primary president's counselor, Relief Society president, Primary president, and public relations representative; received bachelor's degree in elementary education from Utah State University; born in Logan, Utah, to Dwight Carl and Mary Loenza Wassom Freeman.
- Eugene J. Moore, 64, Bountiful 36th Ward, Bountiful Utah South Stake; Explorer adviser and ordinance worker in the Bountiful Utah Temple; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, and bishop and counselor; owner of lawn-care service; born in Ogden, Utah, to David Earnest and Sylvia Anne Hunter Moore; married Carol Crawford, six children. She is a temple supervisor at the Bountiful temple; former stake Relief Society president, stake Young Women Beehive adviser, Primary and Young Women president, and Relief Society secretary; born in Springdale, Utah, to John William and Madge Jones Crawford.
- Gary L. Pocock, 53, Pleasant View 5th Ward, Provo Utah Sharon East Stake; activities committee co-chairman, temple ordinance worker, and Church service missionary; former stake president and counselor, stake Young Men president, bishop, branch president, teachers quorum adviser, and missionary in the Western Canadian Mission; retired oil refinery operations manager; received bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from BYU; born in Burley, Idaho, to Lloyd Stanley and Mildred Dorothea Koyle Pocock; married Christina Brunt, five children. She is activities committee co-chairman and Church service missionary; former stake Relief Society president, stake Young Women president, Primary president, Relief Society president, Young Women president, and seminary teacher; received bachelor's degree in psychology from College of Idaho; born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Paul Stanley and Nathala Anna Christensen Brunt.
- Brent K. Pratt, 49, Potomac North Ward, Washington D.C. Stake; bishop's counselor; former high councilor, bishop and counselor, ward mission leader, teachers quorum adviser, Scoutmaster, and missionary in the Texas Mission; president of Foulger-Pratt Construction; received bachelor's degree in business and finance from BYU; born in Gooding, Idaho, to William Marion and Nellie Elizabeth Johansen Pratt; married Margaret Foulger, eight children. She is Young Women president; former stake Young Women president's counselor, Young Women president, Primary president's counselor and teacher, and Young Women adviser; received bachelor's degree in elementary education from BYU; born in Salt Lake City to Sid William and Mary Frances Flint Foulger.
- Jorge A. Prieto, 45, Arroyito Ward, Rosario Argentina North Stake; stake president; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop, and branch president's counselor; Church Educational System coordinator; born in Rosario, Argentina, to Manuel and Mercedes Barbera Prieto; married Virginia Acri, five children. She is Young Women president; former stake Relief Society president's counselor, Primary president, Young Women president, Relief Society president, and seminary teacher; born in Cariati, Italy, to Jose Santo and Elizabetta Iozzi Acri.
- Brian E. Schuck, 54, Concord 1st Ward, Concord California Stake; stake president's counselor; former high councilor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, Sunday School teacher, Varsity Scout coach, Scoutmaster, and missionary in the Andes Mission in Peru; property owner and manager; received bachelor's degree in political science from BYU and master's degree in systems management from the University of Denver; born in El Paso, Texas, to George Edward and Leora Peterson Schuck; married Trelva Johnson, six children. She is a seminary teacher; former stake Relief Society board member, Relief Society president and counselor, Primary president, chairman of the Family Record Extraction Program, and nursery leader; received bachelor's degree in speech therapy from BYU; born in Marysville, Calif., to James Clifford and Grace Wilson Johnson.