John C. Pingree Jr.
John C. Pingree Jr. was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 1, 2017. At the time of his call, he had been serving as a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy. He has served as elders quorum president, high councilor, bishop, stake president, and Area Seventy. He presided over the Texas Houston Mission. As a young man he served a full-time mission in the Massachusetts Boston Mission.
Pingree was born on August 11, 1966, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He earned his bachelor’s degree in English and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Utah. He later earned a master’s of business administration from Harvard Business School. He has been an executive in biotechnology, healthcare, and medical humanitarian organizations.
He and his wife, Anne, are the parents of five children.
