Melissa (Missy) Larsen

Women in Public Service, Women in Business

As the daughter of Salt Lake City Mayor Ted Wilson, Missy Wilson Larsen became involved in politics as well as social issues at a young age.  Missy’s involvement in the Utah community has continued since that early beginning and is far reaching.  Her career focus began in public relations, becoming successful in the field with the launch of two PR firms, INTREPID PR and MWL Communications.  Missy became involved in the refugee community after mentoring a Somali-Bantu refugee family, which led to co-founding the Utah Refugee Coalition, now known ad the Utah Refugee Connection.  Among her many areas of community involvement, Missy is the founding chair of SafeUT Crisis and Tip Line Commission, an organization which connects students who are experiencing bullying, crisis and/or threats with a crisis counselor.  She served as Chief of Staff to the Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes as well as Press Secretary and Spokesperson & Business Liaison for the late U.S. Congressman Bill Orton.  She currently is Senior Director of Government Relations and Corporate Partnerships at doTERRA.  She is married and the mother of four children.