D. Todd Christofferson

President D. Todd Christofferson was set apart as Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on October 14, 2025.

He was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 5, 2008. At the time of his call, he was serving in the Presidency of the Seventy.

During his tenure in the Presidency of the Seventy, Elder Christofferson’s assignments included Executive Director of the Family and Church History Department. Earlier he served as President of the Mexico South Area of the Church, residing in Mexico City.

As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, he has at different times had supervisory responsibility for the Brazil, South America South, South America Northwest, Philippines, Africa West, and Utah Areas of the Church. He has served on the Priesthood and Family and Missionary Executive Councils and as Chairman of the Correlation Executive Committee and Church Education Board of Trustees Executive Committee, among other assignments.

Prior to his call to serve as a full-time General Authority, Elder Christofferson was associate general counsel of NationsBank Corporation (now Bank of America) in Charlotte, North Carolina. Previously he was senior vice president and general counsel for Commerce Union Bank of Tennessee in Nashville, where he was also active in community affairs and interfaith organizations. From 1975 to 1980, Elder Christofferson practiced law in Washington, DC, after serving as a law clerk to US District Judge John J. Sirica during the trials and other proceedings known as Watergate (1972–74).

Born in American Fork, Utah, he graduated from high school in Somerset, New Jersey, and earned his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University, where he was an Edwin S. Hinckley Scholar, and his law degree from Duke University.

Among other callings, he has served the Church as a regional representative, stake president, and bishop. As a young man, he served as a missionary in Argentina.

Elder Christofferson and his wife, Katherine Jacob Christofferson, are the parents of five children.