W. Mark Bassett

Elder W. Mark Bassett was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2, 2016. At the time of his call, he had been serving as a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy in the North America West Area. Elder Bassett has served as a member of the Brazil, North America Northeast, and North America Southeast Area Presidencies. He is currently serving as Executive Director of the Missionary Department.

Elder Bassett has served in numerous Church callings, including full-time missionary in the Guatemala Guatemala City Mission, ward Young Men president, bishop, stake president, president of the Arizona Mesa Mission from 2007 to 2010, and Area Seventy.

Elder Bassett attended Brigham Young University and in 1991 received a bachelor’s degree in accounting. Upon graduating, he began his career in the wholesale auto auction industry. During most of his professional career, he functioned as owner and CFO of West Coast Auto Auctions, Inc., operating automobile auctions throughout California, Oregon, Nevada, and Idaho.

William Mark Bassett was born in Carmichael, California, on August 14, 1966. He married Angela Brasher in December 1989. They are the parents of five children.