U.S. Senator/ Utah
Senator Mitt Romney was sworn in as Utah’s newest senator on January 3, 2019. He currently
serves on the Foreign Relations; Health, Education, Labor & Pensions; Homeland Security &
Government Affairs; and Small Business & Entrepreneurship committees. He is chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism.
Senator Romney is also a member of the Senate National Security Working Group.
Before entering public service, he led a successful business career as the co-founder of Bain
Capital, a leading investment company, and the turnaround CEO of Bain & Company, an
international management consulting firm.
Prior to serving as the Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007, Senator Romney led the
2002 Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Winter Olympics and, with a team of volunteers
and managers, helped turn the struggling Games into a Utah success story. He was a candidate
for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination and Republican nominee for president in 2012.
Senator Romney earned his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and his JD/MBA
from Harvard University. He is the proud husband to Ann, father to five sons, and grandfather to
25 grandchildren.