Brent H. Nielson

Brent H. Nielson
Brent H. Nielson
First Quorum of the Seventy
	April 4, 2009
Called by	Thomas S. Monson
Personal details
Born	Brent Hatch Nielson; December 8, 1954 (age 69); Burley, Idaho, United States
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Brent Hatch Nielson (born December 8, 1954) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 2009.

Background

Nielson was born in Burley, Idaho.^[1] Nielson is a great-grandson of Horton D. Haight and a cousin to David B. Haight, who was a member of the LDS Church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. As a young man he was a missionary for the LDS Church in Finland.

Nielson graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University in 1978, and received a law degree from the University of Utah in 1981.^[1]

He married Marcia Ann Bradford in the Salt Lake Temple in 1978 and they are the parents of six children.^[1]

From 1985 to 2009, Nielson was a partner in Roy, Nielson, Barini-Garcia and Platts, a law firm in Twin Falls, Idaho. He specialized in workers compensation, bankruptcy, business and personal injury law.

In the LDS Church, Nielson has served in many callings, including ward Young Men president, bishop, high councilor, counselor in a stake presidency and as president of the Twin Falls Idaho West Stake. In April 2005, he became an area seventy in southern Idaho and a member of the church's Fifth Quorum of the Seventy.^[2] In this position, he was involved with the planning and development of the church's Twin Falls Temple,^[3] for which he served as committee coordinator.^[4] In April 2009, he was called to full-time church service in First Quorum of the Seventy. As a general authority, he has been as a counselor in the church's Pacific Area, as well as a counselor and as president of the Philippines Area. Since August 2015, he has been serving as Executive Director of the church's Missionary Department.^{[citation needed]}