Alumni Notes

2014 Advertising/Public Relations

is the marketing manager for league and team partnerships at FanDuel.

She is an experienced sports marketing and partnerships professional currently managing league and team partnerships at FanDuel.

Prior to FanDuel, she worked in marketing and partnerships for multiple NBA teams and started her career on the sports marketing agency side. Previous NBA team career stops include managing digital partnerships for the New York Knicks at MSG, partnership strategy at the Brooklyn Nets and marketing at the Philadelphia 76ers.

She started her career at Octagon, a premier sports marketing agency assisting the BMW and LG electronics accounts.

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2006 Advertising/Public Relations

is the graduate program director and instructor for Department of Communication at University of Delaware.

She is currently a full-time instructor for the University of Delaware’s Department of Communication and Director of the M.A. in Strategic Communication program. Prior to her transition into higher education, she lived and worked in New York City at the headquarters of NBCUniversal News Group, Time Warner Inc., and Ketchum.

Outside the office, she is an active member of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), where she also earned the Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) credential. She currently serves as the President PRSA Delaware and is a member of PRSA’s National APR Marketing Committee.

Throughout her career, she has gained recognition from notable industry awards, including the CLIOs, SABREs, and the coveted PRSA Silver Anvil Award. She was also selected as PR Week Magazine’s 2006 Student of the Year during her senior year at Penn State.

She earned her M.S. in public relations and corporate communication from New York University with distinction.

She lives in Delaware with her husband and two young children, also known as “Team Smith” among family and friends. When not at home, the family can be found in one of their two happy places: Rehoboth Beach and Disney World.

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2008 Advertising/Public Relations

is the account executive for Game Show Network.

She has worked at CNN, MGM Studios and now Game Show Network, all in advertising sales roles. Her role requires her to partner with agencies and advertisers to help meet their marketing objectives while simultaneously keeping their return on investment high.

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1999 Advertising/Public Relations

is a director of communications for security, compliance, identity, management and privacy for Microsoft.

He has more than 20 years of experience as a strategic communicator, primarily in the technology industry on issues including cybersecurity, privacy, and risk management. He currently serves as Director of Communications for Microsoft's Security, Compliance, Identity, Management & Privacy product division.

Prior to Microsoft, He was a Senior Vice President at W2 Communications, an integrated marketing and communications firm, where he led the cybersecurity and privacy practice representing clients around the world and leading media relations, content development, events, crisis communication and other activities building brands and trust in competitive markets.

He previously led public relations activities for the technology, intellectual property and regulatory practices at global law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and served on the corporate communications team at Symantec, where he was responsible for the company’s public relations programs reaching the U.S. government, energy, financial services, healthcare and other vertical sectors.

After graduating from Penn State, he began his PR career at Merritt Group, working in the agency's cybersecurity and enterprise software account teams.

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2007 Advertising/Public Relations

is the director of straatgic communications andd operations for S&P Global Market Intelligence.

She leads global external communications strategy and operations for S&P Global Market Intelligence focusing on enhancing and protecting the division's brand.

Prior to S&P Global, Amanda was as a vice president with HL Group’s corporate practice, where she advises clients on executive positioning, corporate reputation and media relations. She has nearly 15 years of experience designing and executing corporate communications strategies that align with the brand’s overall business objectives.

In addition, she serves as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and lead media strategist and communications, securing numerous top-tier, national and global media coverage for her clients.

She represents accounts across a variety of different industries, including retail, consumer products, travel and hospitality, financial services, wellness, beauty and technology industries, to name a few. S

She spent most of her communications/PR career at a variety of agencies, including Brunswick Group and Prosek Partners.

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2016 Advertising/Public Relations

is the government relations manger for Shield AI.

The defense technology company is building the world's best AI pilot. He works closely with elected officials to deliver next-generation AI and autonomy capabilities to the Department of Defense and our service members.

Prior to joining Shield AI, Nulty served as the top military adviser to U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, a senior member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee and the former Chairman, now Ranking Member, of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. Nulty also served in a similar capacity for U.S. Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson.

Nulty's experience in both chambers of Congress provides a unique perspective of Capitol Hill and allowed him to usher numerous pieces of legislation through Congress that were signed into law.

He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval War College, was born and raised West Chester, Pa., He resides in Arlington, Va.

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1974 Journalism

is the advisor for Lampert Public Affairs LLC.

He is an independent public affairs adviser and consultant, specializing in strategic public affairs and communications planning and execution. His career began in various public affairs leadership positions at Weightman Advertising and PR, Aramark Services, Gino's Corporation and Delaware County government. In 1987 he joined AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals in Wilmington, and for nearly 24 years, held senior-level corporate affairs positions.

In this role, he directed a department of 25 employees who developed strategic, proactive and issues management plans for the company and its major products in the cardiovascular, mental health, oncology, diabetes, respiratory and gastrointestinal therapeutic areas.

He was also responsible for leading strategic planning for the company's corporate affairs leadership team, which included corporate communications, advocacy relations, community relations and government affairs. His career accomplishments include the creation and development of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Prostate Cancer Awareness Week programs, which raised public awareness of both diseases and saved thousands of lives through early detection.

He was also responsible for instituting on-site cancer screenings at his company in 1991. He went on to testify about workplace screenings in Washington, D.C.

Following, he led nationwide corporate efforts to counsel companies to establish on-site screening programs. He has served as a 10-year adviser to the National Pharmaceutical Council and is a frequent guest lecturer and panel member at industry and communications meetings. He serves on a number of boards and is an active member of the Public Relations Society of America.

He is also engaged in numerous community service and school projects in his hometown of West Chester, Pennsylvania, and Ocean City, Maryland. He is an avid reader, traveler, sports enthusiast and beach-goer with his wife and their two daughters.

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2007 Advertising/Public Relations

is the vice president, creative director, GALE Agency.

Since graduating from Penn State, Kilan has gained 15 years of experience and leadership in the advertising/marketing world. Specializing in digital transformation, she’s worked on award-winning campaigns for global brands such as Google, Smirnoff, Gucci, Project RED, Verizon and more.

She’s excited and motivated by the ever-changing dynamic between consumers and the brands that fight for their attention. She’s dedicated to changing the way people perceive the digital space with innovative ideas that help redefine culture.

At GALE she's the agency’s creative lead on Chipotle, Hard Rock and Hertz. When she’s not making things, you can find her biking through the streets of Brooklyn.

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1983 Advertising/Public Relations

is the founder and president of HEASLEY&PARTNERS Inc.

She is the creator of Heart & Mind® Branding, a business builder, speaker and author. She was the driving force behind the growth of Cold Stone Creamery and many other heart-based brands people love.

With her, business leaders achieve exceptional results by building winning brands and strong cultures. An accomplished senior executive, entrepreneur, advisor, and thought leader with decades of success in business development, communications, marketing, brand building, public relations, publishing, video, content development,

She has worked with diverse companies and people. Franchising, consumer products, financial services, hospitality, tech, manufacturing, real estate, healthcare, government, political, beauty, fitness, wellness are among the industries in her experience arsenal.

Clients find her diversity an asset because she readily sees the patterns in a business and can apply the best practices laterally. The result is exceptional creativity. Her methods are featured in Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur's Soul and Midas Touch, by Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki. Kathy graduated from Penn State University with a BA in Advertising.

In 2019, she was named a Penn State Alumni Fellow, the most prestigious award given by the 700,000-member Penn State Alumni Association. She serves as president of the Penn State AD/PR Alumni Board for the university’s top-ranked Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications, and is a regular guest lecturer in the classroom.

She is a member of the college’s Alumni Society Board and the Carnegie Society. She served as an advisory board member at Grand Canyon University's Executive MBA Program under the direction of Ken Blanchard and as a business plan panel judge at Thunderbird’s Walker Center for Global Entrepreneurship. Kathy is also a repeat speaker at ASU’s Center for Services Leadership Symposium.

She was named a Woman of Achievement in 2017 by In Business Magazine, in 2012 was one of the Top 25 Women in Business by the Phoenix Business Journal and an Athena Award nominee. Before founding her firm in 1994, Kathy worked with Coca-Cola, Ryland Homes, Exxon, Dr Pepper, and B2B firms in finance, insurance, and technology.

Through that she realized the power of heart and has made her mark trumpeting that emotion moves people to action by speaking on "heart" around the world. Her record of results demonstrates the effectiveness of connecting emotional triggers with business practices (Heart with Mind). Best of all, she gives business leaders a process to make it happen in their companies.

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1997

is the global chief creative and experience officer for Mercedes Benz Team X.

She joined BBDO New York in 2000 as a copywriter and has gone from writing for global accounts to leading them. She has won and judged most major awards. She was twice named one of “The Most Creative Women in Advertising” by Business Insider. She was named AdAge’s “40 under 40” and Adweek’s “Young and Influential 20 Under 40,” and was an honoree at the inaugural MAKERS conference. In 2014, she was inducted into the prestigious Advertising Hall of Achievement.

She is a founding member of BBDO’s Diversity Council, the Women in Leadership committee and has created work such as “Put Her On the Map,” an effort to memorialize female role models.

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2010 Advertising/Public Relations

is a merchant for The Home Depot

Charity worked on behalf of The Coca-Cola Company, MARS-Wrigley and Subway Restaurants during her time working in New York City for various media agencies. After relocating to Atlanta, she joined The Home Depot to work in their marketing department, driving sales for the largest home improvement retailer in the United States.

She has since moved into Home Depot's merchandising department, as an associate merchant focusing on buying products and identifying strategies to drive sales via e-commerce.

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2016 Advertising/Public Relations

is an account director for BerlinRosen.

Since graduating from Penn State, she has worked in public relations roles across industries including media, technology, sports, cities, higher education and real estate. Currently at BerlinRosen, a public relations agency, she works with clients shaping the future of cities and higher education.

Previously, she worked at DKC and Meredith Corporation (for Entertainment Weekly and Food & Wine magazines).

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