Kelly R. Johnson

Kelly R. Johnson was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 4, 2020. At the time of his call, he had been serving as an Area Seventy and a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy in the Utah Area.

Johnson has served in a number of Church callings, including full-time missionary in the Thailand Bangkok Mission, counselor in a stake Young Men presidency, elders quorum president, bishop, high councilor, counselor in a stake presidency, stake president, ward mission leader, ward Young Men adviser, and stake Missionary Preparation teacher. He presided over the Thailand Bangkok Mission from 2015 to 2018,

He was born in Ogden, Utah, on January 16, 1963. He and his wife, Teressa Lynn Bartrum, are the parents of five children.

Johnson holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Brigham Young University. He received a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Weber State University in 1987. He began his career in 1989 as a forensic accountant for KPMG. At the time of his call to full-time Church service, he was a forensic accountant and partner for Norman, Townsend & Johnson, LLC.