Logo with three horizontal lines, the words 'Lift + Love' with a rainbow-colored heart replacing the 'o' in 'Love', and the tagline 'Strengthening Latter-Day Saint LGBTQ Individuals & Families'.

BISHOP H. DAVID BURTON

MAINSTAGE PRESENTER

H. David Burton—known to most as David, Bishop, or Grandpa—has traveled around the sun 88 times. One of the greatest blessings of his life was meeting his wife, Barbara, in an eighth-grade seminary class. Sixty-six years of marriage later, they are blessed with five children, 21 grandchildren, and 24 great-grandchildren. Through a lifetime of service in religious, business, and civic organizations—including serving as Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—David has learned that every person comes with unique gifts and needs. He holds degrees from the University of Utah and the University of Michigan and has received two honorary doctorates. He joins Gather alongside Holly and Samuel to affirm that every child of God will always have an unshakable place in the family picture.