Elder Clark G. Gilbert was called as the newest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

According to Church News, Elder Gilbert was ordained on Thursday, following his call to apostleship from President Dallin H. Oaks on Feb. 11.

Elder Gilbert served as the 16th president of BYU-Idaho from 2015 to 2017. Elder Henry J. Eyring followed after him.

Elder Gilbert was sustained as a General Authority Seventy on April 3, 2021. He serves as the Commissioner of the Church Educational System.

Elder Gilbert is 55 years old and was born in Oakland, California, but grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. He and his wife, Christine Calder, married in 1994 and have eight children.

Elder Gilbert received his bachelor's degree in 1994 from Brigham Young University in international relations. Then the following year, he received his master's degree from Stanford in eastern asain studies, and later, a doctorate from Harvard in 2001 in business administration.

Elder Gilbert has also been the CEO of Deseret Digital Media, the president of Deseret News and BYU-Pathway Worldwide.

Elder Gilbert spoke in the Oct. 2021 session of General Conference with a talk called "Becoming More in Christ: The Parable of the Slope." He talked about the idea of spiritual growth being gradual, steady and unnoticed. Additionally, Elder Gilbert explained that it matters more to be progressing spiritually rather than to compare your growth to others.

He recently spoke at BYU on Aug. 27, 2025. His talk, "Being Deliberate in the Second Half of the Second Century of BYU," discussed the importance of BYU and its original mission.