Elder Carl B. Cook, General Authority Seventy in the LDS Church, will deliver the Devotional address.
Elder Cook's remarks will be broadcast live on BYUtv, BYUtv.org (and archived for on-demand streaming), KBYU-TV 11, Classical 89 FM, BYU Radio, and will be archived on speeches.byu.edu.
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 is currently assigned to Church headquarters. Elder Cook has also served as President of the Africa Southeast Area.
Elder Cook received a bachelor of arts from Weber State College in 1981 and a master of business administration from Utah State University in 1982. Prior to his call he worked in commercial real estate development.
Elder Cook has served in a number of Church callings, including full-time missionary in Hamburg, Germany, bishop, stake president, Area Seventy, and president of the New Zealand Auckland Mission.
Carl Bert Cook was born in Ogden, Utah, on October 15, 1957. He married Lynette Hansen in December 1979. They are the parents of five children.