Six are sustained to the Second Quorum of Seventy
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The six new General Authorities sustained at general conference as members of the Second Quorum of the Seventy are Julio E. Davila P., Bogota, Colombia; Graham W. Doxey, Salt Lake City, Utah; Cree L. Kofford, Arcadia, Calif.; Joseph C. Muren, Solihull, England; Dennis B. Neuenschwander, Centerville, Utah, and Jorge A. Rojas O., Chihuahua, Mexico.
Elder Davila, 58, has been a long-time administrator in the Church Educational System in Colombia. He is a native of Bucaramanga, Colombia, and has served as a regional representative, and president of a stake, mission, district and branch.Elder Doxey, 64, is president of Doxey-Layton Co., a real estate management firm. He is a native of Salt Lake City, attended the University of Louisville and is a graduate of the University of Utah. He has served as a bishop, stake president, mission president in Missouri, sealer in the Salt Lake Temple and as first counselor in the Young Men general presidency.
Elder Kofford, 57, has been serving the past two years as president of the New York New York Mission. At the time of his mission assignment, he was managing partner in a Southern California law firm. He is a native of Santaquin, Utah, and earned his bachelor's degree and juris doctorate from the University of Utah. He has served as a bishop, stake president, regional representative, stake missionary and Sunday School teacher.
Elder Muren, 55, is director of temporal affairs for the Church in the British Isles. Prior to that, he was an administrator in the Church Educational System in Utah and California. He is a native of Richmond, Calif., and has served as a bishop, stake mission president, stake high councilor and as president of the Costa Rica San Jose Mission.
Elder Neuenschwander, 51, has been serving as president of the Church's Austria Vienna East Mission. Previously he was manager of international acquisitions for the Church's Family History Department. A native of Salt Lake City, he earned an associate degree from Weber State College, bachelor's degree from BYU, and a master's degree and doctorate from Syracuse University in New York. He has served as a high councilor, Sunday School teacher and counselor in a ward Young Men presidency.
Elder Rojas, 50, is a native of Delicias, Mexico, and is a Chihuahua city area businessman. He earlier was employed as an administrator in the Church Educational System in Mexico. He is a graduate of the University of Chihuahua, and has served as a stake president, mission president and regional representative.
