Elder Alexander Dushku

Elder Alexander Dushku’s parents joined the Church in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, after visiting the World’s Fair in New York City in 1964. His father was spiritually moved by what he learned about the gospel in a Church-sponsored pavilion, and he invited missionaries to teach him and his soon-to-be wife.

His parents were new to the Church when he was born, but Elder Dushku said he always knew he was going to serve a mission.

“It wasn’t until I got on my mission that I began to really understand the glory of missionary work and just how powerful it can be,” said Elder Dushku, who served in the Portugal Lisbon Mission from 1986 to 1988. “It just completely opened my eyes to the kingdom of God and what it means.”

Elder Dushku believes that the Church’s membership has great potential to make a difference in the world.

“While our numbers might be small, they are meaningful and powerful,” he said. “We walk with Christ, arm in arm. And then we walk with each other. We ourselves become the hands and the voice of the Lord in lifting and strengthening others.”

Alexander Dushku was born on November 17, 1966, to Nicholas and Donna Lee Dushku in Fairfield, California, USA. Elder Dushku married Jennifer Burnham in 1988 in the Salt Lake Temple. They have eight children and nine grandchildren.

Elder Dushku earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Brigham Young University in 1990. He received a juris doctorate from BYU’s J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1993. He worked for a national public interest law firm and clerked on the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit prior to his most recent employment with the Kirton McConkie law firm in Salt Lake City, where he focused on the First Amendment of the US Constitution and religious freedom.

Elder Dushku was serving as a stake president at the time of his call. He has also served as bishop, high councilor, bishopric counselor, and elders quorum president.