Audrey Perry Martin was appointed assistant to the president for University Communications June 1, 2025. In this role, she acts as the university’s primary spokesperson and directs the work of BYU University Communications,
University Communications manages media relations and university-wide communication efforts across many BYU channels such as BYU's home website, news website, and social media platforms. The nationally-recognized BYU Photo and BYU Video teams are also housed within University Communications
Prior to her current role, Perry Martin was a partner at Lex Politica, a national political law firm. Her practice focused on advising corporations, candidates, political committees and parties on campaign and election law issues. Additionally, she gained presidential election experience from serving as Federal Election Committee counsel for McCain-Palin 2008, as deputy general counsel for Romney for President in 2008 and as a consultant for Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign. She also worked as legal counsel to the Committee on House Administration and as an adjunct professor at BYU’s J. Reuben Clark Law School.
Perry Martin earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and a bachelor’s degree in political science and journalism from BYU. As an undergrad, she wrote for The Daily Universe, the student-run newspaper at BYU.
She is also the founder and CEO of Project Elect, a nonpartisan nonprofit that encourages Latter-day Saint women to run for political office.