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http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2008/02/12.html
CONTACT: GENEVIEVE HAAS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Phone: (603) 646-3661 February 12, 2008
E-mail: <Genevieve.Haas@dartmouth.edu>
Dartmouth Names New Head of Communications
HANOVER, N.H.- Dartmouth College announced today that it has appointed Diana
L. Pearson as its new vice president for communications. Pearson, a seasoned
communications executive who has held a number of senior strategic
communications roles with leading media companies, will assume her new role in
March 2008 and report to Dartmouth president James Wright. Pearson will take
over the role from Sheila Culbert, senior assistant to the president, who has
been serving as the interim vice president for communications since last
year.
“I am looking forward to working with Diana in this important position,”
said Wright. “She has a record of impressive accomplishments in identifying and
articulating the strengths and values of various organizations and will bring
her leadership and expertise to campus in helping us to effectively communicate
with all of our stakeholders.”
Pearson served most recently as Senior Vice President for Corporate
Communications and Media Relations for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.
Previously, she served as Director of Public Affairs for TIME Magazine
(1997-2006) and Director of Communications for Newsweek Magazine
(1983-1997).
“This is a grand opportunity to enter the world of academia,” Pearson said.
“I look forward to joining this fascinating community, and to collaborating
with President Wright, the Board of Trustees, leaders of the college,
world-class scholars and all who love Dartmouth to promote a truly great
institution. We have a marvelous story to tell together.”
As vice president for communications, Pearson will be responsible for
developing and implementing the institution's overall communications strategy,
which is designed to increase understanding of and support for Dartmouth's
educational and public service activities. She will coordinate the
institution-wide management of Dartmouth's communications to its broad range of
constituencies, oversee Dartmouth's media relations activities, and directly
manage Dartmouth's Office of Public Affairs, which produces all College
publications, manages its web content, provides information to the news media
about events, research, and other important news involving Dartmouth, and
operates the College's Office of Conferences and Special Events, among other
activities.
A native of Bay Shore, New York, Pearson is a graduate of Vassar College,
where she majored in history. She served as editor-in-chief of The Miscellany
News (weekly newspaper) and student editor of the Vassar Quarterly (publication
for alumni/ae).
Pearson also has worked as a journalist with Gannett Newspapers and the
Associated Press. At Newsweek, she was named “Employee of the Year” for
building the brand internationally by promoting the magazine's prize-winning
coverage of the Gulf War. At TIME, Pearson was a driving force in organizing
major press-worthy events, including TIME's 75TH Anniversary Celebration of
Leadership (1998) and the first annual TIME 100 Most Influential People in the
World Dinner (2005). Three annual summits drew 300 leaders from across
disciplines to develop solutions to important societal issues: the TIME Global
Health Summit (2005) sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; the
TIME/ABC News Obesity Summit (2004) sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, and the Future of Life Summit (2003) convened on the 50th
anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA.
She has served on the board of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, has
volunteered for the Clinton Global Initiative and has supported the efforts of
Save the Children, particularly in Bolivia.
ABOUT DARTMOUTH
Dartmouth, founded in 1769, is a private, coeducational college and a member
of the Ivy League. Renowned for the excellence of its academic programs, it
enrolls students from across the country and around the world. In addition to
its undergraduate programs, it is home to the Dartmouth Medical School, the
Thayer School of Engineering and the Tuck School of Business Administration. It
also offers over 16 graduate programs in the Arts and Sciences.
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