Cheryl Clark Lant was the eleventh general president of the Primary organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) between 2005 and 2010.

Born in Provo, Utah

Provo, Utah

Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...

 to Charles Verl Clark and Vivian Keller, Lant studied early childhood development at Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...

 and married John Glen Lant Jr. in the Salt Lake Temple

Salt Lake Temple

The Salt Lake Temple is the largest and best-known of more than 130 temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is the sixth temple built by the church, requiring 40 years to complete, and the fourth operating temple built since the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo,...

 on September 17, 1963. The Lants had nine children and together they founded a large preschool and developed a successful phonics

Phonics

Phonics refers to a method for teaching speakers of English to read and write that language. Phonics involves teaching how to connect the sounds of spoken English with letters or groups of letters and teaching them to blend the sounds of letters together to produce approximate pronunciations...

-based beginning reading program.

On April 2, 2005, Lant was asked by LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley

Gordon B. Hinckley

Gordon Bitner Hinckley was an American religious leader and author who served as the 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from March 12, 1995 until his death...

 to succeed Coleen K. Menlove

Coleen K. Menlove

Coleen Kent Menlove was the tenth general president of the Primary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1999 to 2005....

 and become the general president of the church's organization for children. Lant chose as her counselors Margaret S. Lifferth

Margaret S. Lifferth

Margaret Swensen Lifferth was a counselor to Cheryl C. Lant in the general presidency of the Primary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2005 to 2010....

 and Vicki F. Matsumori

Vicki F. Matsumori

Vicki Fujii Matsumori was the second counselor to Cheryl C. Lant in the general presidency of the Primary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2005 to 2010....

. She was released at the April 2010 general conference of the LDS Church and succeeded by Rosemary M. Wixom

Rosemary M. Wixom

Rosemary Mix Wixom has been the general president of the Primary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since April 2010. She is the twelfth general president in the history of the Primary, the organization that is responsible in the LDS Church for the instruction of children ages...

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