Elder D. Todd Christofferson to speak at BYU commencement

Elder D. Todd Christofferson, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be the speaker at BYU's April Commencement. The ceremony on Thursday, April 22 will begin at 4 p.m. in the Marriott Center, with a live broadcast on KBYU-TV (channel 11) and KBYU-FM (89.1).

Christofferson was called to the Quorum of the Twelve on April 5, 2008, prior to which time he served in the Presidency of the Seventy.

Before being called as a General Authority, Elder Christofferson was associate general counsel of NationsBank Corporation, now Bank of America, in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to LDS.org.

A native of Pleasant Grove, Christofferson earned his bachelor's degree from BYU and his law degree from Duke University.