See the new Young Women presidency, Young Men counselors

A new Young Women general presidency and a change in counselors in the Young Men general presidency were presented and sustained by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Saturday, April 1.

Presented by President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, the leaders joined five new General Authority Seventies also sustained during the Saturday afternoon session of the Church’s 193rd Annual General Conference.

The new Young Women leaders will begin their service on Aug. 1; the changes in the Young Men presidency are effective immediately, President Oaks said.

President Emily Belle Freeman has been called as the new Young Women general president, with Sister Tamara W. Runia as first counselor and Sister Andrea Muñoz Spannaus as second counselor.

Young Women General President Bonnie H. Cordon and her counselors, Sister Michelle D. Craig and Sister Rebecca L. Craven, who were sustained in April 2018 and were formally released Saturday, April 1, with an acknowledgement of appreciation, will complete their service as the Young Women general presidency on July 31.

Joining President Steven J. Lund in the Young Men general presidency are Brother Bradley R. Wilcox as first counselor and Brother Michael T. Nelson as second counselor.

Elder Ahmad S. Corbitt, the current first counselor in the presidency, was sustained as a General Authority Seventy during the session’s sustaining of leaders and released from his Young Men call. Brother Wilcox, the current second counselor, moves to first counselor, with Brother Nelson completing the presidency as the new second counselor.

The presidency of President Lund, Elder Corbitt and Brother Wilcox had served together since their sustaining in the April 2020 general conference.

Brief biographies about each member of the general presidencies are included below. A more in-depth profile on each will appear in coming weeks.