The president of the General Conference is the head of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the governing body of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The president's office is within the offices of the General Conference, located in Silver Spring, Maryland.
[1] As of June 2010, the current president is Ted N. C. Wilson.
Traditionally, the post has been held by an American.
Of the 17 presidents, 13 were born in the United States, 1 born in Puerto Rico to North American missionaries, 1 born in Australia and 2 born in Norway, of whom one emigrated to the U.S. at age 5.