Robert M. Daines

Robert M. Daines was sustained as a General Authority Seventy on April 1, 2023 at the 193rd Annual General Conference of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Prior to his call, Elder Daines worked as associate dean and Pritzker Professor of law and business at Stanford University for 19 years. He has also taught at New York University and Yale University (from which he received a law degree in 1992) and worked as an associate for Goldman Sachs.

Daines was born in Bloomington, Indiana, and completed his undergraduate work at Brigham Young University. His previous Church service includes full-time missionary in the Switzerland Zurich Mission, early morning seminary teacher, nursery leader, high councilor, bishop and stake president.

He and his wife, Ruth, have five children.