Background
Robbins was born in Payson, Utah, and was raised in Springville, Utah. He is a great-great-grandson of George Reynolds.
Robbins was born in Payson, Utah, and was raised in Springville, Utah. He is a great-great-grandson of George Reynolds.
Utah State University.
Received a bachelor"s degree in Spanish from Utah State University and a master"s degree in international management from the American Graduate School of International Management in Glendale, Arizona. In 1983, was one of the founders of the Franklin Institute, which later became Franklin Quest and eventually Franklin Covey. From 1994 to 1997, was president of the Uruguay Montevideo Mission.
As a general authority, has also served in several area presidencies and in 2011 was appointed Executive Director of the Media Services Department.
He has been a member of the church"s Presidency of the Seventy since April 2014. Robbins was called as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy in 1997. In 2000, he became a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy.
In 2003 and 2004, he was a member of the general presidency of the church"s Young Men organization.
At the church"s April 2014 General Conference, Robbins was accepted by the membership as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy, succeeding Tad R. Callister, who was appointed as general president of the church"s Sunday School.