Gordon Larsen is Senior Advisor for Federal Affairs, managing Utah’s interests before Congress, the White House, and federal agencies. From 2017-2020, Larsen served as the Director of Federal Affairs for the Herbert administration and as the Director of Policy from 2019-2020. Prior to working for Gov. Herbert, Larsen was a Congressional staffer in the U.S. House of Representatives and then Legislative Counsel for Congressional Affairs at the U.S. Agency for Global Media.

A native of Kearns, Utah, Larsen attended Brigham Young University and holds JD and MBA degrees from the College of William and Mary. He and his wife have five children and live in Farmington.