Carl B. Cook
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Carl Bert Cook has been a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2011.
Cook was born in Ogden, Utah
. He married Lynette Hansen in December 1979. They are the parents of five children. He lives in Liberty, Utah.
Cook received a bachelor of arts degree in business marketing from Weber State College in 1981, and an MBA from Utah State University
in 1982. In 1982 he began his career with the Xerox
Corporation and then in 1985 became a partner with The Boyer Company.
He has served in numerous church callings, including full-time missionary in Hamburg, Germany; bishop; stake president; area seventy; and president
of the New Zealand
Auckland
Mission
. At the time of his becoming a general authority, Cook had been serving as a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy in the Utah North Area
of the church.
Cook was born in Ogden, Utah
Ogden, Utah
Ogden is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. Ogden serves as the county seat of Weber County. The population was 82,825 according to the 2010 Census. The city served as a major railway hub through much of its history, and still handles a great deal of freight rail traffic which makes it a...
. He married Lynette Hansen in December 1979. They are the parents of five children. He lives in Liberty, Utah.
Cook received a bachelor of arts degree in business marketing from Weber State College in 1981, and an MBA from Utah State University
Utah State University
Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....
in 1982. In 1982 he began his career with the Xerox
Xerox
Xerox Corporation is an American multinational document management corporation that produced and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies...
Corporation and then in 1985 became a partner with The Boyer Company.
He has served in numerous church callings, including full-time missionary in Hamburg, Germany; bishop; stake president; area seventy; and president
Mission president
Mission president is a priesthood leadership position in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . A mission president presides over a mission and the missionaries serving in the mission...
of the New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
Mission
Mission (LDS Church)
A mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a geographical administrative area to which church missionaries are assigned. Almost all areas of the world are within the boundaries of an LDS Church mission, whether or not Mormon missionaries live or proselytize in the area...
. At the time of his becoming a general authority, Cook had been serving as a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy in the Utah North Area
Area (LDS Church)
An area is an administrative unit of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which typically is composed of multiple stakes and missions...
of the church.