Camille N. Johnson
Camille Neddo Johnson was sustained as the Primary general president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 3, 2021. The Primary presidency oversees the Church’s organization that teaches children ages 18 months to 11 years the gospel of Jesus Christ and helps them live its principles. These leaders serve under the direction of the First Presidency and travel frequently to help guide and support the children and their local leaders.
On April 2, 2022, she was released as Primary general president and sustained as Relief Society general president, both effective August 1, 2022.
Sister Johnson served as companion to her husband as he presided over the Peru Arequipa Mission from 2016 to 2019. When they were released, she returned to her work as a lawyer at the Snow, Christensen & Martineau law firm where she was president. She received both an English and law degree from the University of Utah.
She has served in the Church as Young Women president, gospel doctrine instructor, and member of ward Relief Society and Primary presidencies.
She was born on September 12, 1963, in Pocatello, Idaho. She was nine years old when her parents moved their family to Dallas, Texas. She was twelve when the family relocated to Salt Lake City. She graduated from the University of Utah in English in 1985 and from the S. J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah in 1989. She practiced law for nearly 30 years.
Sister Johnson and her husband, Douglas R. Johnson, have three sons. She has served in the Church as ward Young Women president, Gospel Doctrine teacher, and as a member of ward Relief Society, Young Women, and Primary presidencies.
