Bruce L. Olsen

Who is Bruce L. Olsen?

Bruce L. Olsen served as director of Public Affairs for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1989 to 2008.

Olsen was born in Orangeville, Utah. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Brigham Young University.

From 1982 to 1985 Olsen served as president of the Massachusetts Boston Mission of the LDS Church. He later served as president of an LDS Church stake in Orem, Utah. He also served on two occasions as a bishop and as a member of the Young Men General Board.

Olsen was registrar at BYU, as well as manager for many performing groups and Assistant to the President for University Relations. He also was a professor of communications part of his time at BYU. After working at BYU for 20 years, Olsen went to work in Corporate Communications for Geneva Steel.

While Communications Director for the LDS Church, Olsen sought to combat false and misleading statements about the church's income. Among ways he did this was sending a letter in response to Time Magazine's "Mormons, Inc." article.

Olsen later served as president of the BYU Alumni Association. From 2008 to 2011, he was the president of the San Diego California Temple.