Autumn Thatcher

I love being inspired by people who are way cooler than me.

In 2002, I began writing about local artists in Utah for the University of Utah’s art and entertainment magazine. I graduated from art to music, from the college magazine to The Salt Lake Tribune and IN This Week magazine, which led me on a path that would take me to concerts, meeting band members, and writing about their music. I went from writing about local musicians to national musicians, to celebrities, ballerinas, artists, filmmakers, business owners, and more. I interviewed spiritualists, dream makers, go-doers, super hip nerds, and everyone in between.

Along the way, I managed a local band, organized rock n’ fashion shows, worked in public relations and communications, and became a full-time editorial director and director of creative services at Westminster University.

Now, by day I am the senior director of communications leading the Donor Relations Marketing and Communications team for University Advancement at the University of Utah and U of U Health. I provide editorial and creative direction for communication pieces produced by our team of writers, editors, and designers with the goal of helping our frontline fundraisers better connect and engage with philanthropists to help create access to education and training for students. I also serve as the executive managing editor for the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine alumni magazine, UtahMED.

By night, I contribute to 90.9 FM KRCL as a Sundance Film Festival correspondent, where I report on music in film as well as on social justice issues discussed in premiere documentaries. I contribute to the Westminster Review alumni magazine as a consulting editor and writer, write for Utah Business Magazine and Salt Lake Magazine, and provide brand and creative strategy, content production, and editing services for a variety of clients.

I hope to one day publish a novel, live in France, and finally figure out how to carve so that I can become a better snowboarder.

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