
Tad Richards Callister (born 1945) is a former General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who served in the Presidency of the Seventy from 2008 to 2014 and as Sunday School General President from 2014 to 2019.
A graduate of Brigham Young University and UCLA Law School, Callister practiced law before his full-time church service. He has written and spoken extensively on the Atonement and the divine potential of humanity.
His BYU Education Week address “Our Identity and Our Destiny” explored the Latter-day Saint understanding of human beings as literal children of God with divine potential, connecting this doctrine to questions of purpose and meaning.