James E. Evanson was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the April 2025 general conference. Church Service Elder James E. Evanson was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the April 2025 general conference. At the time of his call, he had been serving as a Sunday school teacher and Activity Days leader. Elder Evanson has served in a number of Church callings, including full-time missionary in the Arizona Tempe Mission, high councilor, stake young men president, stake president, mission president of the Utah Orem Mission, and Area Seventy. Professional Life Elder Evanson received a bachelor of science degree in dental materials in 1993 followed by a doctor of dental surgery degree in 1995, both from the University of Alberta. He has worked as a dentist in private practice for over 26 years. Personal Life James Eugene Evanson was born in Taber, Alberta, Canada, on August 16, 1968. He married Jody Karil Zobell in 1989. They are the parents of five children and eleven grandchildren.