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 and, after returning to Salt Lake, as an Assistant Executive Director in the Family History Department and the Church Communication Department. He also served as the President of the North America West Area and is currently serving as the Executive Director of the Family History Department and Chairman of FamilySearch International.

Elder Bragg has fulfilled numerous Church callings, including full-time missionary in the México Monterrey Mission, ward mission leader, high councilor, bishop, stake president, Area Seventy, and temporary mission president in the Hawaii Honolulu Mission.

Elder Bragg majored in marketing and Spanish at the University of Utah. He also completed executive education programs at UCLA, the 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 at Bank of America in complaint resolution and legal and 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.