Read about these 18 new stake presidents from Thailand to Scotland

July 2024 · 6 minute read

BANGKOK THAILAND WEST STAKE: (Nov. 19, 2023) President — Peter Wayne Willden, 68, Occidental Asia international business manager; succeeding Arun Thongmee; wife, Phoungpaka Kongao Wilden. Counselors — Suthi Siriphan, 33, SEAC, consultant; wife, Thanawadee Ketsuwan. Attasit Salawasee, 33, Bangkok Thailand Temple clerical leader. 

COCHABAMBA BOLIVIA SARCO STAKE: (Nov. 19, 2023) President — Jorge Rimer Siles Prado, 47, Soboce S.A. commercial assessor; succeeding Marco Antonio Arias Vasquez; wife, Maria Del Rosario de Siles Miranda. Counselors — Marco Antonio Plaza Escalera, 52, Almagran Bolivia business executive; wife, Rielmy Delia de Plaza Ortiz. Donaciano Eusebio Ignacio Martinez, 55, printer; wife, Natalia Magaly de Ignacio Lima.

DECLO IDAHO STAKE: (Nov. 5, 2023) President — Michael Tim Darrington, 46, United Electric Co-op Inc. general manager; succeeding Jeffrey Craig Johnson; wife, Tiffany Jo Cooper Darrington. Counselors — Gregg Michael Harman, 58, Land View Inc. vice president; wife, Allison Annetta Wilkey Harman. Michael Ray Christensen, 44, Raft River Electric Co-op operations superintendent; wife, Brook Ann Noble Christensen.

DUNDEE SCOTLAND STAKE: (Nov. 19, 2023) President — Paul Rand, 45, Police Scotland program tutor; succeeding Ian Snee; wife, Wendy Lynn Wilson Rand. Counselors — Rory Joseph Grant, 40, Persimmon Homes senior construction auditor; wife, Jill Elaine Anderson Grant. Jared Lee Allan Williams, 40, Camperdown Automotive services, company director; wife, Charlene LaRae Johnson Williams. 

IQUITOS PERÚ SAN JUAN STAKE: (Nov. 5, 2023) President — Neil Jason Araujo Carpio, 34, Bibanco head of business and Zegel Ipae high school teacher; succeeding Joseph Garcia Peña Jr.; wife, Patricia Carolina de Araujo Galvez. Counselors — Jorge Americo Vasquez Tamayo, 38, Ministry of Foreign Affairs internal control specialist; wife, Margolita de Vasquez Panduro. Cesar Augusto Tamani Casternoque, 37, Business and Postal Services logistics assistant; wife, Liliana de Tamani Rojas.

KANAB UTAH KAIBAB STAKE: (Dec. 3, 2023) President — David Colt Henderson, 44, real estate developer and insurance manager; succeeding Daniel Rickey McClendon; wife, Karin Elisa Brock Henderson. Counselors — Ronald Isaac Johnson, 57, FedEx Express pilot; wife, Tonya Holliday Johnson. Braxton Taylor Bateman, 46, Kane School District administrator; wife, Kristina Nicole Paul Bateman.

MACHALA ECUADOR STAKE: (Nov. 19, 2023) President — Wilson Leonardo Guerro Sanchez, 35, computer technician; succeeding Carlos R. Fuentes; wife, Kerly Cristina Guerrero Verzosa Aguilar. Counselors — Samuel Andrés Tejada Cedeño, 32, Orodiesel sales manager; wife, Ina Kristin Grunauer de Tejada Carrion. Gabriel Alejandro Toro Alvarez, 45, Colemun commercial adviser; wife, Erika Elizabeth de Toro Flor Navas. 

MORENO VALLEY CALIFORNIA STAKE: (Nov. 19, 2023) President — Thomas Monson Uata, 55, Ofa Vale president and CEO and Health Markets insurance broker; suceeding Kendall P. Shumway; wife, Taina Mafi Tu’ihalangingie Uata. Counselors — Russell Wayne Woll, 48, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power managing water utility engineer; wife, Kimberlee Kay Miller Woll. Dustin Shaun Christensen, 43, City of Beaumont principal engineer; wife, Jennifer Holly Burt Christensen. 

OAXACA MEXICO ATOYAC STAKE: (Nov. 12, 2023) President — Cesar Ivan Jimenez Timoteo, 42, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple facilities manager; succeeding Francisco Villanueva; wife, Soledad Jimenez Ruiz de Zavala. Counselors — Marco Antonio, 52, Church’s Mexico Area welfare and self-reliance manager; wife, Yolanda Chávez Rodríguez. Erik Ruiz Martinez, 38, Secretary of Health Oaxaca general physician; wife, María de los Ángeles Altamirano Cortez. 

OGDEN UTAH YSA 2ND STAKE: (Nov. 5, 2023) President — Michael Dean Palmer, 49, Seminaries and Institutes of Religion training services; succeeding Alan D. Russell; wife, Julie Griffiths Palmer. Counselors — Timothy Milton Wheelwright, 53, Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar, P.C., attorney and shareholder; wife, Heidi Dawn Hill Wheelwright. Larry Tod Schroeder, 59, BYU–Idaho online instructor and Wasatch Peaks Credit Union chief marketing officer; wife, Cynthia Elizabeth Ervin Schroeder. 

PONTA PORÃ BRAZIL STAKE: (Nov. 5, 2023) President — Jolnei da Silva Cavalheiro, 43, Department of Education of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul teacher and coordinator; succeeding Anderson Cramolish Carpes; wife, Gislaine Souza de Carvalho Cavalheiro. Counselors — Maykon Jair Ferreira, 39, logistics employee; wife, Alyne De Jesus Da Silva Ferreira. Eduardo Sant’Anna de Almeida, 27, Ponta Porã City Council legal adviser; wife, Keyth Isabel Alves de Almeida.

REXBURG IDAHO SOUTH STAKE: (Dec. 3, 2023) President — Paul Kevin Roberts, 56, BYU–Idaho faculty; succeeding William Bryan Teuscher; wife, Kelly Jan O’Bryant Roberts. Counselors — Trent Lee Summers, 51, The Bank of Commerce senior vice president and area manager; wife, Wendy Lee Kerbs Summers. Wade Dee Huntsman, 55, BYU–Idaho faculty; wife, Mary Jo Davis Huntsman.

RIDGECREST CALIFORNIA STAKE: (Dec. 3, 2023) President — Jason Cushing, 48, United States Navy senior executive; succeeding Nathaniel Levin Kimbler; wife, Verity Sheen Cushing. Counselors — John William Jensen, 44, Naval Air Warfare Center advanced capabilities division head and physicist; wife, Stacey Kay Roring Jensen. Ephraim Berk Washburn, 48, chemical engineer; wife, Kimberley Joy Berry Washburn.

ROSWELL GEORGIA STAKE: (Nov. 19, 2023) President — Nelson Daniel Zivic, 45, LexisNexis Risk Solutions — RELX vice president and human resources; succeeding Reed A. Macdonald; wife, Lorena Renee Calabria Naviliat Zivic. Counselors — Michael Kunz Harries, 59, Morgan Stanley executive director; wife, Diann Barnes Harries. Brom Mikel Stevens, 45, Tebra vice president for customer experience management and professional services and Ellie Mental Health founder, owner and adviser; wife, Sherry Louise Nelson Stevens. 

SAN MIGUEL EL SALVADOR STAKE: (Oct. 15, 2023) President — Gerson Benjamín Cubías Fuentes, 37, Judicial Body ordinance; succeeding Ricardo Manuel Hernandez Leiva; wife, Alicia Abigaíl Ríos-Lazo de Cubías. Counselors — Elmer Jonathan Sanchez Sanchez, 31, Helados Sarita administrator; wife, Yanira Carolina Perez de Sanchez. Jesus Alberto Andrade Quinteros, 32, Pre-Augo International SA de CV compliance officer and sales assessor; wife, Yasmín Isabel Figueroa de Andrade.

SANTO DOMINGO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EL ALMIRANTE STAKE: (Nov. 26, 2023) President — Ronald Jhonelys Leonardo Peña, 39, Seminaries and Institutes of Religion coordinator; succeeding Enmanuel J. Martinez; wife, Anidelka Rosario De La Cruz Leonardo. Counselors — Darwin Rafael Abreu de la Cruz, 49, Caribbean Area Office analyst and specialist; wife, Crimildred Marisol Orozco Belda. Rudy Rosario, 33, Bepensa Dominicana sales; wife, Carla Esther Alcantara. 

TEGUCIGALPA HONDURAS VILLA OLÍMPICA STAKE: (Oct. 8, 2023) President — Faustino Caceres Jimenez, 38, Dromeinter national marketing manager; succeeding Miguel Fernando Aragon Zelaya; wife, Litza Jocabed Rios Licona. Counselors — Jonathan Giron Solano, 43, Red Promocional test analyst; wife, Sara Yaneth Perez de Giron. Junior Omar Mejia Valladares, 37, Poujoul and Associates administrator; wife, Karen Vanessa Matamoros de Mejia.

USULUTÁN EL SALVADOR STAKE: (Nov. 5, 2023) President — Julio Enrique Hernandez Reyes, 49, mechanic; succeeding Arles Alexi Garcia Molina; wife, Roxana Yamileth Rodriguez de Hernandez. Counselors — Jose Leonidas Giron Quintanilla, 52, Ministry of Education teacher; wife, Glenda Guadalupe Argueta de Giron. Josue Angel Majano Carcamo, 27, Dr. Vázquez clinical laboratory graduate; wife, Rosa Margarita Quintanilla Argueta.

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