Margaret Woolley Busse is the Executive Director of Utah’s Department of Commerce.  Prior to her appointment to Commerce, Ms. Busse was an adjunct faculty member for BYU’s Political Science Department as well as an advisor to social impact organizations. Ms. Busse also served for several years as the Associate Director of the Social Enterprise Initiative at Harvard Business School, where she worked on issues such as the future of the work, opportunity and prosperity for all, and educational improvement.  In addition, Ms. Busse worked as a strategy consultant at the Bridgespan Group and spent several years at the U.S. Treasury Department as a Presidential Management Fellow. Ms. Busse developed her passion for public service by serving for many years in leadership roles in local government. 

Ms. Busse holds an MBA from Harvard University, a master’s degree in Public Policy from Brigham Young University and a bachelor’s degree in both Public Policy and Economics from Brigham Young University, where she graduated cum laude and with university honors. 

Ms. Busse is a Utah native: she grew up in Holladay and graduated from Olympus High School. She and her husband, Franz, have five children, ages 8 to 18, and love traveling, hiking and skiing together.