President D. Todd Christofferson was set apart as Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on October 14, 2025.
President Christofferson earned his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University (where he was an Edwin S. Hinckley Scholar) and his law degree from Duke University. Prior to his call to serve as a full-time General Authority of the Church, President Christofferson was associate general counsel of NationsBank Corporation (now Bank of America) in Charlotte, North Carolina. He also practiced law in Washington, D.C., after serving as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge John J. Sirica during the trials and other proceedings known as Watergate (1972–74).
His remarks will be broadcast live on BYUtv, BYUtv.org. Video, text, and audio are archived on speeches.byu.edu