Provo, Utah Mayor Michelle Kaufusi has a reputation of being warm and friend, but very tough. And she’s had to be. Her husband Steve Kaufusi played for the Philadelphia Eagles and is the former Defensive Line Coach for BYU. Sons Bronson and Corbin play for the New York Jets. And Devin is a Defensive Lineman for BYU. Daughters Daryl and Alexis were active in high school sports.

Now Mayor Kaufusi is using many of the same skills used to build successful professional athletes to run the city of Provo, Utah.

When Michelle Kaufusi was elected the first female Mayor of Provo, political advisers told her it would be political suicide to propose a $69 million bond her first year in office. But after seeing the decaying and grossly overcrowded police and fire facilities at City Hall, she made the very difficult decision to put the bond issue to the voters. It passed by a narrow margin.

And now after almost two years in office, with the new City Hall under way, she has taken on the massive project of building a new and expanded Provo airport.

Mayor Kaufusi doesn’t consider herself a politician, and you’ll hear why. But she does like to move fast.

Bob Evans with FOX 13 News in Salt Lake City sat down with her in December of 2019 for a 3 Questions interview.

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