Bruce L. Olsen

From College of Fine Arts and Communications

Bruce L. Olsen currently serves as the managing director of the Public Affairs Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, overseeing government and community relations as well as media affairs for the more than 11 million-member church.

His influence in the public relation arena started a BYU, where he served as an assistant dean and registrar, associated professor of communication and assistant to the president for university relations.

Olsen later went on to work as the director of corporate communications for Geneva Steel and is currently managing director for the Public Affairs Department of the Church, as afore mentioned.

Through the years he has continued to support the BYU Department of Communications through involvement with the BYU chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America.

Olsen was honored at the Spring 2006 Commencement exercises as a recipient of the distinguished Franklin S. Harris Award for his service to the college and for upholding the values and aims of BYU.