A Utah native, Carri P. Jenkins received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from BYU in communications. She is a former associate editor of BYU Magazine—the university’s alumni publication—and has been a university speechwriter, a publicity director, and an instructor in the BYU Communications Department. Prior to her current position, she was the director of Media Communications at BYU.
Associated with the Council for Advancement and Support of Education since the 1980s, Carri has served on the CASE District VII’s Board of Directors and is now serving on the district’s executive board.
Carri is a past president of the Consortium for Utah Women in Higher Education and is a member of the Public Relations Society of America, where she received a Communicator of the Year award from her local chapter.
She is married to Paul Dale Jenkins, and they are the parents of two children.
