Susan Winder Tanner was the twelfth general president of the Young Women organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2002 until April 2008.

Biography

Born in Granger, Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

 to Richard W. Winder

Richard W. Winder

Richard W. Winder has been a mid-level leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for much of the last few decades.Winder was born in Salt Lake City, Utah....

 and Barbara Woodhead

Barbara W. Winder

Barbara Ann Woodhead Winder was the eleventh general president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1984 to 1990....

, Tanner grew up on the family homestead at Winder Dairy. She earned a degree in humanitites from Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...

. She was called by Church President Gordon B. Hinckley

Gordon B. Hinckley

Gordon Bitner Hinckley was an American religious leader and author who served as the 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from March 12, 1995 until his death...

 as the general president of the Young Women organization on October 5, 2002, succeeding Margaret D. Nadauld

Margaret D. Nadauld

Margaret Dyreng Nadauld was the eleventh general president of the Young Women organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1997 to 2002.-Biography:...

. As president of the Young Women, Tanner was an ex officio member of the church's Boards of Trustees/Education. From 2002 to 2007, Tanner's counselors in the Young Women general presidency were Julie B. Beck

Julie B. Beck

Julie Bangerter Beck has been the general president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 31 March 2007...

 and Elaine S. Dalton

Elaine S. Dalton

Elaine Schwartz Dalton has been the thirteenth president of the Young Women organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since April 2008. From 2002 to 2008, Dalton was a counselor to Susan W. Tanner in the general presidency of the Young Women.-Biography:Elaine Schwartz was...

. From 2007 to 2008, Dalton was her first counselor and Mary N. Cook

Mary N. Cook

Mary Nielsen Cook was a counselor to Susan W. Tanner in the general presidency of the Young Women organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since March 31, 2007 until April 2008. Since April 2008 Cook has been the first counselor to Elaine S...

 was her second counselor. In 2008, Tanner was succeeded as president of the Young Women by her first counselor Dalton.

Tanner married John S. Tanner

John S. Tanner (Mormon)

John Sears Tanner is the current President of the Brazil São Paulo South Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He previously served as Academic Vice President of Brigham Young University . Tanner is the husband of Susan W...

 in the Salt Lake Temple

Salt Lake Temple

The Salt Lake Temple is the largest and best-known of more than 130 temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is the sixth temple built by the church, requiring 40 years to complete, and the fourth operating temple built since the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo,...

 on September 3, 1974. They currently live in Provo, Utah

Provo, Utah

Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...

 and are the parents of five children. She is a great-great granddaughter of church leader John R. Winder

John R. Winder

John Rex Winder was a leader and general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . He was Second Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric from 1887 to 1901, and First Counselor in the First Presidency to Church President Joseph F. Smith from 1901 until his death. He was well-known...

.

Starting in 2011, Tanner served as a missionary

Mormon missionary

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the most active modern practitioners of missionary work, with over 52,000 full-time missionaries worldwide, as of the end of 2010...

 with her husband, who was president

Mission president

Mission president is a priesthood leadership position in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . A mission president presides over a mission and the missionaries serving in the mission...

 of the Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

 Sao Paulo

São Paulo

São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

 South Mission

Mission (LDS Church)

A mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a geographical administrative area to which church missionaries are assigned. Almost all areas of the world are within the boundaries of an LDS Church mission, whether or not Mormon missionaries live or proselytize in the area...

 of the LDS Church.

She is the author of Daughters in My Kingdom (2011), a book about the history of the Relief Society

Relief Society

The Relief Society is a philanthropic and educational women's organization and an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . It was founded in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois, USA and has approximately 6 million members in over 170 countries and territories...

published by the LDS Church and distributed to adult women members.