Thomas Appiah

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Thomas Kwamena Appiah Jr. (born in 1964) is a senior product marketing manager for Motorola. He is also a Schaumburg, Illinois broadcaster to Ghana who has more than 40,000 listeners. He recently received the Motorola CEO Award for volunteerism. Appiah's brother Isaac and Joseph work with him on the radio show.

Brother Appiah is a native of Ghana. His father ran a radio station but it was taken over by the government after a coup. Thomas K. Appiah Jr. later served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in London. He earned both bachelor's and master's degree from Brigham Young University.

Brother Appiah's father, Thomas Appiah Sr., served from 2000 to 2008 as president of the Cape Coast Stake in Ghana. Thomas Appiah Sr. and his wife were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple by Neal A. Maxwell.[1] Thomas Appiah Sr. had earlier served as a district president in Accra and as the bishop of the Accra New Town Ward.[2]

Brother Appiah served as the second counselor in the Schamburg Illinois Stake presidency. He is married to the former Katarina Marie Allen.

Joseph Appiah served as a missionary in New York City while Ronald A. Rasband was mission president there and has since moved back to New York City and served in the bishopric of the Harlem Ward.

Sources

  1. LDS Church News, October 14th, 2000
  2. Emmanuel Abu Kissi. Walking in the Sand: A History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ghana. (Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 2004) p. 360