David L. Buckner

Elder David L. Buckner was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the April 2024 general conference. At the time of his call, he had been serving as a member of the Tenth Quorum of the Seventy in the North America Northeast Area.

Elder Buckner has served in a number of Church callings, including full-time missionary in the Ecuador Guayaquil Mission, counselor in a bishopric, stake Young Men president, high councilor, bishop, and stake president.

Elder Buckner received a bachelor of science degree in finance from Brigham Young University in 1988 and a master’s degree in business administration from Durham University in 1991. He also received a master’s degree in international relations from Brigham Young University in 1995 and a juris doctorate degree from the J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1996. He has been a professor at Columbia University since 1998 and president of Bottom Line Training and Consulting, Inc. since 1999.

David Lamar Buckner was born in Ogden, Utah, on September 27, 1963. He married Jennifer Romney Jackson in 1990. They are the parents of five children.