Thomas M. (Tom) Love

Board Chair, Salt Lake Tribune
Former President and Founding Partner
Love Communications
USUO Board member since September 2014

Tom Love is a Salt Lake City advertising executive and fundraiser with deep Utah roots. He became chair of The Salt Lake Tribune’s board of directors in February 2024. Love joined the editorial board in 2023 after retiring in January 2023 from Love Communications, the influential and award-winning advertising firm he co-founded 25 years earlier.

Prior to founding Love Communications in 1999, Tom was General Sales Manager of KTVX-Channel 4 in Utah for more than a decade. He also has prior experience in sales for AT&T, KUTV-Channel 2, and TCI Cablevision.

Tom remains highly visible and involved in the community. He is a three-time former chairman of the Board of Directors for United Way of Salt Lake and is chair of the Public Policy Committee and serves on the Executive Committee. He’s also currently serving as an adjunct instructor for the Department of Communication at the University of Utah.

Tom joined the USUO Board of Trustees in September 2014 and served as chair from September 2019 through August 2022. He previously served as Chair of the Nominating Committee and a member of the Strategic Planning, Government Relations, and Executive committees. Tom’s ideas have led to several of the organization’s most-successful attention garnering initiatives, including tours with concerts in the state of Utah’s renowned natural spaces. He was unanimously elected to serve on the Lifetime Board beginning September 2022.