Mark A. Bragg

Elder Mark A. Bragg was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2, 2016. At the time of his call, he had been serving as a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy in the North America West Area. He served in the South America South Area Presidency, as an Assistant Executive Director in the Family History Department and the Church Communication Department, and as President of the North America West Area. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Family History Department and Chairman of FamilySearch International.

Elder Bragg has served in a number of Church callings, including full-time missionary in the México Monterrey Mission, ward mission leader, high councilor, bishop, stake president, and Area Seventy.

Elder Bragg majored in marketing and Spanish at the University of Utah. He also completed executive education programs at UCLA, University of Michigan, and other universities. He began his career as vice president of Great Western Bank in Los Angeles in commercial and residential real estate operations. Most recently, he worked as a senior vice president of Bank of America in complaint resolution and legal/government relations.

Mark Allyn Bragg was born in Santa Monica, California, on April 16, 1962. He married Yvonne King in 1984 in the Los Angeles California Temple. They are the parents of four children.