Elder Yoon Hwan Choi was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 4, 2009. At the time of his call, he had been serving as a member of the Eighth Quorum of the Seventy in the Asia North Area. From 2009 to 2011, he served as a member of the Asia North Area Presidency. From 2011 to 2013, he served as an Assistant Executive Director in the Temple Department and a member of the Boundary and Leadership Change Committee. He served as president of the Washington Seattle Mission (2013–2015), President of the Asia North Area, and First Counselor of the Philippines Area. He currently serves at Church Headquarters in a variety of departments and committees.Since joining the Church in 1973, Elder Choi has served in a number of Church callings, including full-time missionary in the Korea Busan and Korea Seoul Missions, counselor in a bishopric, bishop, high councilor, stake mission president, counselor in a mission presidency, counselor in a stake presidency, stake president, and Area Seventy.Elder Choi received a bachelor’s degree in business information management from Brigham Young University–Hawaii in 1988. In 1989, he received a master’s degree in business information systems and education from Utah State University. He has been an instructor at Brigham Young University–Hawaii and Utah State University; manager of sales, administration, marketing, and customer support at Data General Korea; director of CDC and MBS Venture Capital Company; and the regional manager for temporal affairs for the Church in Korea. Elder Choi was born in Seoul, South Korea, on May 18, 1957. He married Bon Kyung Koo in September 1982. They are the parents of three children.