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Please note: Members of the media should visit Virginia Tech News "For the Media" contacts.

Campus Communicators: Use this list to help identify stakeholders to inform or engage as part of a storytelling project in your communications plan. The list below reflects staff who are either responsible for specific areas or represent those areas and are the first point of contact. Looking for more communicators universitywide? View the directory. (PID login required). Not seeing your information? Fill out this form.

Others in the university community: Find your college's or unit's lead communicator in the Campus Partners list.

If you want to quickly find someone using keywords, use the ctrl+F or ⌘+F function in your browser, and type in a keyword to jump to that contact. Can't find the area you're looking for? Email vtnews@vt.edu.

Leadership

Name Email Team Role
Mark Owczarski maowczar@vt.edu
Communications
and Marketing
Interim Vice President of Communications
and Marketing, Chief Spokesperson

Primary Contacts

Alphabetical, by team

Name Email Team Expertise areas
Annie McCallum anniem2@vt.edu Advancement Communications Alumni communications and strategy
Zeke Barlow bzeke@vt.edu Communications and Marketing College communications
Jesse Tuel jtuel@vt.edu Communications and Marketing Unit communications
Kate Adkins katelino@vt.edu
socialmedia-g@vt.edu
Editorial and Visual Strategy Social media; student email
Shannon Andrea sandrea@vt.edu Editorial and Visual Strategy Media Relations
Shay Barnhart shaybar@vt.edu
styleguide@vt.edu
Editorial and Visual Strategy Style Guide/editing
John Jackson johnj1@vt.edu
vtnews@vt.edu
Editorial and Visual Strategy Virginia Tech News publishing; VT Daily email
Erica Stacy stacye@vt.edu Editorial and Visual Strategy Virginia Tech Magazine, VT Monthly; writing/editing
Michael Stowe mstowe@vt.edu Editorial and Visual Strategy Content strategy and team lead
Megan Zalecki meganz@vt.edu Editorial and Visual Strategy Visual storytelling; video production; photography
Heather Ducote hducote@vt.edu,
vtbrand@vt.edu
Marketing Branding, marketing, trademarks use and permissions, signage and team lead
Tiffany Pruden tiffany1@vt.edu Marketing Design strategy and team lead
Stephen Milleson milleson@vt.edu Marketing Digital marketing and advertising, SEO, marketing analytics; Annual Giving, Donor Relations, donor growth marketing
Licensing & Trademarks licensing@vt.edu
Marketing Trademarks use and permissions, licensing, retail liaison, lockup logo requests
Susan Gill susan83@vt.edu Marketing Organizational processes; project management
Albert Raboteau raboteau@vt.edu Principal Partnerships Donor communications
Brad Soucy bsoucy@vt.edu Principal Partnerships Partnership communications and team lead

Campus Partners

Alphabetical, by college and by unit

College or Administrative Unit Name Email
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Tom Soladay tsoladay@vt.edu
College of Architecture, Arts, and Design Krista Timney ktimney@vt.edu
College of Engineering Chelsea Seeber chelseab29@vt.edu
College of Liberal Arts
and Human Studies
Jenny Boone jennykb@vt.edu
College of Natural
Resources and Environment
Vacant — contact Zeke Barlow bzeke@vt.edu
College of Science Lon Wagner lon@vt.edu
Fralin Biomedical
Research Institute at VTC
John Pastor jdpastor@vt.edu
Pamplin College of Business Marc Kaplan marck@vt.edu
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine Andrew Mann andrewfjmann@vt.edu
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Josh Meyer meyej@vt.edu
University Operations Stephanie Overton overtons@vt.edu
Admissions and Enrollment Management Greg Carter gcarter1@vt.edu
Athletics Brian Cox bcox90@vt.edu
Campus Planning, Infrastructure, and Facilities Meghan Marsh meghanmarsh@vt.edu
Human Resources Laurie Stacy lauriest@vt.edu
Graduate School Cathy Grimes cathg14@vt.edu
Inclusion and Diversity Alexandra Pirkle
alexandrapirkle@vt.edu
Information Technology Angela Correa-Becker acorrea@vt.edu
Innovation Campus Franki Fitterer ffitterer@vt.edu
Moss Arts Center Katie Gehrt kgehrt@vt.edu
Outreach and
International Affairs
Rich Mathieson richm@vt.edu
Provost Office Dave Guerin dwguerin@vt.edu
Research Lindsey Haugh jangus@vt.edu
Student Affairs Ashley Roberts abroberts23@vt.edu
Virginia Cooperative Extension Tom Soladay tsoladay@vt.edu
Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Katie Mallory ssansbur@vt.edu
Virginia Tech Libraries Ann Brown annbrown@vt.edu
WVTF/Radio IQ Roger Duvall rdduvall@vt.edu

Teams and Functions

Advancement Communications

  • Alumni relations
  • Donor communications
  • Special events

Campus Partners

  • Academic colleges
  • Administrative units

Design Strategy

  • Marketing graphic design
  • Motion design

Digital Communications 

  • Daily email
  • Student email
  • news.vt.edu/vt.edu
  • Social media management and strategy
  • Response management

Editorial Strategy

  • Virginia Tech Magazine
  • Writing/Editing

Marketing Strategy

  • Advertising
  • Marketing analytics and SEO
  • Brand management and support
  • Licensing and Trademarks

 Media Relations 

  • News releases, media advisories
  • Facilitating interview requests
  • Studio
  • @vtnews Twitter

Platform Development

  • Front-end web development
  • UI/UX (interface design and user experience)
  • Websites and product platform data measurement and analysis

Visual Strategy