Elder Evan A. Schmutz 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 in the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy in the Utah South Area. From 2016–2020, Elder Schmutz served as a counselor and then the president of the Philippines Area. He is currently serving in the Utah Area Presidency, as Area Committee Chair, and has concurrent assignments in the Correlation and International Coordinating Departments.
Elder Schmutz received a bachelor’s degree in English in 1979 and a juris doctorate in 1982, both from BYU. During his professional career, he worked with several prominent law firms in Provo and Salt Lake City, Utah. At the time of his calling as a General Authority, Elder Schmutz was managing partner in the Lehi office of Durham, Jones & Pinegar.
His remarks will be broadcast live on BYUtv, BYUtv.org (and archived for on-demand streaming), KBYU-TV 11, Classical 89 FM, BYUradio 107.9 FM, and SiriusXM 143. Video, text, and audio are archived on speeches.byu.edu.