People

Strategic Communications is led by Vice Chancellor Aileen Zerrudo. The senior team is listed, followed by our staff organized by function. 

Leadership

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Aileen Zerrudo

Vice Chancellor for Strategic Communications

Contact Aileen

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Janet Gilmore

Senior Director and Campus Spokesperson

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Dana Granoski

Executive Director, Marketing & Brand

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Will Kane

Executive Director, News & Media Relations

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Dan Mogulof

Assistant Vice Chancellor and Campus Spokesperson

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Administration

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Zachary Hoecker

Administrative Director

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Patricia Lavow-Davis

Office Manager

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Brand Management

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Caitlin Conway

Brand Protection Manager

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Eryn Hong

Associate Director, Brand Protection

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Stephanie Matthews

Trademarks and Licensing Manager

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Dan Perkins

Director, Trademarks & Licensing

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Internal Communications

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Beatrice Shelton

Director, Internal Communications

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Marketing, Brand & Digital

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Neil Freese

Creative Director

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Adrianne Griffith

Director, Marketing Communications

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Jamie Maraviglia

Digital Content Specialist

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News and Media Relations

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Anne Brice

Writer, Podcast Producer and Media Relations

Beats: Art practice, art history, performances, comparative literature, English, film and media, languages, libraries, music, philosophy, rhetoric

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Maya L. Kapoor

Writer and Media Relations

Beats: Health, food systems, general assignment

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Ed Lempinen

Writer and Media Relations

Beats: Economics, business, education, political science, law, public policy, international affairs international studies

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Kara Manke

Science Writer and Media Relations

Beats: Agriculture, climate change, computer science, data science, energy and resources, engineering, environment, environmental design, nanotechnology, natural resources, nutrition, optometry, robotics, transportation

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Jason Pohl

Writer and Media Relations

Beats: Institutional news, sociology, psychology, public health, anthropology, demography, linguistics, philosophy, social welfare

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Robert Sanders

Manager of Science Communications

Beats: astronomy, chemistry/chemical engineering, general research, genetics/CRISPR, geography/earth sciences, integrative biology, mathematics, molecular and cell biology, neuroscience, paleontology, physics, seismology, statistics

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Lila Thulin

Writer and Media Relations

Beats: History, race and ethnicity, gender, disability, housing policy, journalism, American studies

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Tyler Trykowski

News Editor

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Social Media

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Yasin Id-Deen

Director, Social Media

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Marissa Gutierrez

Associate Director, Social Media

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Video Communications

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Charlotte Khadra

Video Producer

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Elenita Makani O’Malley

Director, Video

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