Leader Biography

Brother Stephen W. Owen

Stephen W. Owen, 57, was sustained as the Young Men general president on April 4, 2015. His previous Church service includes serving as a full-time missionary in the Texas San Antonio Mission, president of the California Arcadia Mission, stake president, as a counselor in the stake presidency, bishop, high councilor, Scoutmaster, ward Young Men president and elders quorum president. 

He received a bachelor of science degree in finance at the University of Utah and is a business owner in Provo, UT. He is married to Jane Stringham, and they are the parents of five children.

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