Elder Carl B. Cook
Born
Carl Bert Cook
15 Oct 1957
Ogden, Utah, United States
Calling(s)
TitlePresidency of the Seventy
OrganizationGeneral Authority Seventies
Call Date2 Apr 2011
Conference Talks

Carl B. Cook

Elder Carl B. Cook was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2, 2011.

Church Service

Elder Carl B. Cook was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2, 2011. He has served as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy since March 31, 2018, and was named Senior President of the Seventy on January 16, 2024. Elder served in the Africa Southeast Area Presidency, and He and Sister Cook served as mission leaders in the New Zealand Auckland Mission. As a young man, Elder Cook served in the Germany Hamburg Mission.

Professional Life

Elder Cook graduated with degrees from Weber State College and Utah State University. Prior to his call to the Seventy, he worked in commercial real estate development.

Personal Life

Carl Bert Cook was born in Ogden, Utah, on October 15, 1957. He married Lynette Hansen in December of 1979 in the Ogden Utah Temple. They are the parents of five children.