Elder B. Corey Cuvelier

When Elder B. Corey Cuvelier announced he was leaving his job to become a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his colleagues asked, “Are you crazy?”

Elder Cuvelier said his colleagues struggled to understand why he would step away from his flourishing career for three years. But their questions were opportunities, he said, “to share why we do what we do and why we believe what we believe and in whom we believe. That’s Jesus Christ.”

Brian Corey Cuvelier was born on January 12, 1969, in Los Angeles, California, where he was adopted and raised. His father, Heinz Joachim Cuvelier, was a police officer. His mother, JoAnn Leslie Jarnecke Cuvelier, kept the home. He is the oldest of four children.

As a young missionary, Elder Cuvelier served in the Brazil São Paulo South Mission. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1994 with a degree in public relations. He joined Shell Oil Company in 1996, where he worked across various North America business units.

Elder Cuvelier married Wendi Sue Manwaring on July 18, 1992, in the Los Angeles California Temple. They are the parents of four boys. The Cuveliers served as mission leaders in the Brazil Curitiba South Mission from 2016 to 2019 and were living in Katy, Texas, at the time of his call.

Previously, Elder Cuvelier served as an Area Seventy in the North America Southwest Area, stake president, stake presidency counselor, high councilor, bishop, bishopric counselor, and ward Young Men president.