Elder Kevin S. Hamilton

Elder Kevin S. Hamilton was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 6, 2013. He served for five years in the Africa Southeast
Area Presidency and one year in the North America Northeast Area Presidency. He now serves
as the Executive Director for the Family History Department.

Elder Hamilton received a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Brigham Young University in
1979, and in 1982 he received a master’s degree in finance from the University of Washington.

Prior to his call, he was a cofounder and partner in a venture capital firm.
Elder Hamilton has served in numerous Church callings, including full-time missionary in the
Switzerland Geneva Mission, bishop, stake president, and president of the Belgium/Netherlands
Mission from 2003 to 2006.

Kevin Scott Hamilton was born in Wenatchee, Washington. He married Claudia Keysor in July
1978. They are the parents of six children.