Ruth Todd

Ruth Todd

EVP, Chief Content Officer, Bonneville International, KSL

Salt Lake City, Utah

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Primary sectors

Utah focusYes

About

An experienced communicator, executive, and community leader, Ruth Todd loves to connect with her community and mentor others. Her experience spans multiple disciplines including broadcast journalism and digital media platforms, PR, Corporate Communications, and executive leadership.

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Ruth Todd currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer for Bonneville International. She oversees content strategy for KSL TV, KSL News Radio, KSL.com, KSL Podcasts, and music radio stations KRSP and KSFI.

Prior to joining Bonneville, she worked as Chief Reputation Officer and SVP of Public Affairs for a beauty and wellness company, overseeing work in more than 50 countries. She was also a spokesperson for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well as an award-winning television news anchor/reporter around the country. Throughout her 25 years in the news industry, she anchored for NBC, CBS and ABC affiliates across the country in Washington, D.C., Phoenix and Salt Lake City.

Ruth is active in her community having worked with numerous charity organizations including the United Way, Utah Youth Village, the American Cancer Society, and the United Way of Salt Lake City. She served as the Executive Chair of the Light the Night Walk for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. Additionally, she was the Salt Lake Spokesperson for KSL’s “Family Now” Initiative, a member of the BYU Alumni Association executive committee, and the Wheatley Institute Advisory Board. She also served as a volunteer host for the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.

Ruth currently serves on several community service boards including the Primary Children’s Hospital Board, of Trustees, the Thanksgiving Point Institute Board of Directors, The Center for Latter-day Arts Advisory Board, and the NuSkin Force for Good Board. She received both a bachelor’s degree in communications and an MBA from Brigham Young University.

Speaking formats

Experience level

Professional Speaker

Frequent / professional speaker (10+ speaking engagements in the last 2–3 years)

Topics & expertise

Civic & Community

  • Civic engagement & public service

Communication & Storytelling

  • Communicating with frontline employees
  • Communicating with senior leaders / boards
  • Executive presence (online & in-room)
  • Media training & interviews
  • Personal brand & visibility
  • Public speaking & presentation skills
  • Storytelling for leaders

Functional Expertise

  • Communications & PR

Gender & Equity

  • Men as allies
  • Women in leadership / closing the leadership gap

Leadership & Management

  • Difficult conversations
  • Executive leadership

Utah & Regional Issues

  • Faith, culture & work in Utah
  • Women’s leadership in Utah

Wellbeing & Personal Growth

  • Boundary-setting & saying no
  • Burnout prevention & recovery
  • Confidence, impostor syndrome & self-advocacy
  • Habit building & personal productivity
  • Mental health at work
  • Mindfulness & stress management
  • Resilience & navigating change
  • Values-based career design
  • Work–life integration

Selected engagements

  • One Utah Business Summit
  • Utah Business Forward Leadership Conference
  • BYU Marriot School Convocation — Keynote Address
  • Silicon Slopes-Friday Conversations
  • Utah Valley University International Summit on U.S.–China Relations

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