Matthew S. Harding SEVENTY

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Elder Matthew S. Harding was assigned in May of 2009 by the First Presidency of the Church to coordinate the open house and dedication of the Raleigh North Carolina Temple.

Elder Harding received a bachelor of science degree in business from Brigham Young University and a juris doctorate from BYU Law School. He currently works as general counsel, vice president and secretary for Trail Creek Investments. He previously worked as assistant general counsel for Bayer CropScience LP and as counsel for the Dow Chemical Company.

Elder Harding has served in various Church callings, including ward mission leader, counselor in a bishopric, high councilor, stake mission president, assistant stake executive secretary, bishop and stake president. As a youth, he served full-time in the Texas San Antonio Mission. Currently Elder Harding serves as an Area Seventy. He was named a member of the Sixth Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the April 2018 general conference.

Matthew Scott Harding was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on September 14, 1962. He married Reneé Dawn Roy in 1985. They are the parents of two children and have four grandchildren. Elder and Sister Harding reside in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Elder Randall K. Bennett was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2, 2011. He served in the Europe East Area Presidency in Moscow, Russia, from 2011 to 2015 and as President of the Russia Samara Mission from 2007 to 2010.

He currently serves as President of the North America Northeast Area and as an Assistant Executive Director in the Temple Department.

Elder Bennett earned a doctor of dental surgery degree from the University of Alberta and a master of science specialty degree in orthodontics from Loma Linda University in California. During his professional career, Elder Bennett was involved in orthodontic treatment, research, teaching, and training.

Elder Bennett has served in a number of Church callings, including full-time missionary in the France Paris and France Toulouse Missions and Branch President at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah.

Randall K. Bennett was born in Magrath, Alberta, Canada, on June 17, 1955. He married Shelley Dianne Watchman in April 1977. They are the parents of four children.