American LDS leader
Steven J. Lund (born October 30, 1953) is an American executive, attorney , and has been the 23rd Young Men General President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 2020.
He worked as an attorney before co-founding and later becoming CEO of Utah-based Nu Skin Enterprises , a multilevel marketing company that develops and sells personal care products and dietary supplements .[ 2] [ 3]
Lund served as a full-time LDS Church missionary in the Netherlands Amsterdam Mission . He attended Brigham Young University , where he obtained both a degree in communications and a juris doctor degree from the J. Reuben Clark Law School .[ 4] He served in the U.S. Army and was assigned to Frankfurt, Germany where he met his future wife.[ 1]
In 2012, Lund was a major donor to presidential candidate Mitt Romney and was connected to Eli Publishing Inc., a political action committee .[ 5] [ 6]
LDS Church service
Lund has served in the LDS Church as president of the Georgia Atlanta Mission, area seventy , and member of the Young Men general board.
In the LDS Church's October 2020 general conference , Lund gave an address centered on the faith of his 12-year-old son dying of cancer.[ 7] In December 2020, Lund helped announce the creation of the new youth-based magazine, For the Strength of Youth and remarked, "We really need to place virtuous things front and center in our lives".[ 8]
Personal life
Lund married Kalleen Kirk in 1980 and they have four children.[ 1] He is a former regent of the Utah System of Higher Education .[ 9]
See also
References
^ a b c Swensen, Jason. "Why the new Young Men general president believes life’s joys are boundless" , Church News , 2 July 2020. Retrieved on 2 April 2021.
^ "NU Skin Enterprises Inc, Company Profile" . Reuters . Archived from the original on 2018-08-14. Retrieved 2021-04-02 .
^ Pugmire, Genelle. "Nu Skin: 30 years of growing products, changing lives " , Daily Herald (Utah) , 18 June 2014. Retrieved on 2 April 2021.
^ "Steven J. Lund, Nu Skin Enterprises" , Daily Herald (Utah) , 23 February 2014. Retrieved on 2 April 2021.
^ Rutenberg, Jim. "Mormons’ First Families Rally Behind Romney" , The New York Times , 16 July 2012. Retrieved on 2 April 2021.
^ "Who’s Financing the ‘Super PACs’" , The New York Times , 7 May 2012. Retrieved on 2 April 2021.
^ Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "Things 'might get worse before they get better,’ Uchtdorf warns, but God will help us" , The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 October 2020. Retrieved on 2 April 2021.
^ Pugmire, Genelle. "LDS members to see new look, focus in church magazines beginning in January " , Daily Herald (Utah) , 4 December 2020. Retrieved on 2 April 2021.
^ Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "Former Utah Valley University president joins LDS Church’s general authority ranks" , The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 April 2020. Retrieved on 2 April 2021.
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