Elder Funk received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Utah State University in 1976. He then received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Utah Law School in 1979. Prior to his call to full-time Church service, he was an attorney and partner in the law firm of Sherman & Howard LLC in Denver, Colorado.
Elder Funk has served in numerous Church callings, including as a full-time missionary in Indonesia, bishop, high councilor, stake president, Area Seventy, and mission president. He served on the board of directors of several community organizations, including the Executive Board of the Denver Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
Randy Dennis Funk was born in Logan, Utah, on August 1, 1952. He married Andrea Clyde in May 1976. They are the parents of six children.