Sharlene Wells
Mountain America Credit Union has named Sharlene Wells to the newly created position of senior vice president of public relations and organizational communications. Over the course of her career, Wells has led teams in broadcasting, communications, PR and film/book production. After being named Miss America in 1984, she was one of the first women to sign with ESPN, where she spent 16 years as a sportscaster. She later shifted her career to behind-the-scenes film and publishing work with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), and working inside the Pentagon as the director of communications for the DOD’s Office of Personnel. Wells graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in communications and the University of Utah with a master’s in organizational communications with an emphasis in integrated marketing communications.
