The Friend

February 2024, Vol. 54, No. 2

The First Presidency: Russell M. Nelson, Dallin H. Oaks, Henry B. Eyring

The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: M. Russell Ballard, Jeffrey R. Holland, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, David A. Bednar, Quentin L. Cook, D. Todd Christofferson, Neil L. Andersen, Ronald A. Rasband, Gary E. Stevenson, Dale G. Renlund, Gerrit W. Gong, Ulisses Soares

Editor: Randall K. Bennett

Assistant Editor: Kazuhiko Yamashita

Advisers: Tracy Y. Browning, Michael T. Ringwood

Managing Director: Richard I. Heaton

Director of Church Magazines: Adam Olson

Publishing Team Director Lee Gibbons

Publishing Team Manager: Daniel Melazzo

Business Manager: Garff Cannon

Managing Editor: Cynthia Herron Glad

Assistant Managing Editor: Lori Fuller Sosa

Digital Assistant Managing Editor: Charlotte Larcabal Speakman

Copyeditor: Maryssa Dennis

Editors: Lucy Stevenson Ewell, Noelle Lambert Barrus, Olivia Kitterman, MaryEllen J. Van Engelenhoven

Administrative Assistant: Carrie Lauder Kasten

Editorial Intern: Rebekah Jakeman

Art Director: K. Nicole Walkenhorst

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Language Production: Ira Glen Adair, Julie Burdett, José Chavez, Zane R. Gray II, Bryan W. Gygi, Michelle Proctor, Rohn Solomon

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Distribution Director: Nelson Gonzalez

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