Elder Robert C. Gay is an emeritus General Authority Seventy. As a General Authority, he served in the Presidency of the Seventy, as an Area President, and as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Church Educational System. He also directed the development of the Church’s self-reliance program.
He and his wife, Lynette, have co-founded, served in, and currently work with multiple global humanitarian organizations. They are the founders of Ensign Global University, the only U.S. accredited university for public health in Africa, where they also served as mission leaders.
Prior to full-time Church service, Elder Gay worked in private equity investment management.
He earned a PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University, where he also taught economics. He and his wife are the parents of seven children and grandparents to 23 grandchildren.