Robert M. Daines

Elder Robert M. Daines was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the April 2023 general conference. At the time of his call, he had been serving as a stake president. He currently serves in the North America Northeast Area Presidency.

Elder Daines has served in a number of Church callings, including full-time missionary in the Switzerland Zurich Mission, early morning seminary teacher, nursery leader, high councilor, and bishop.

Elder Daines received a bachelor of arts degree in American studies and a bachelor of science degree in economics, both from Brigham Young University in 1989. He earned a juris doctorate degree from Yale Law School in 1992. He has worked as an associate for Goldman Sachs and as Associate Dean and Pritzker Professor of Law and Business at Stanford University. He also taught at New York University and Yale University.

Robert Merrill Daines was born in Bloomington, Indiana, on July 28, 1964. He married Ruth Ann Glazier in 1988. They are the parents of five children.