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Sallie A. Poggi, the No. 2 communications executive at the University of California, Davis, is joining 老司机福利网 as chief communications officer.

Poggi serves as executive director and chief of staff of the office of Strategic Communications at UC Davis, where she serves as a strategic thought partner to the chief marketing and communications officer and is responsible for the operations and overall communications strategy execution for the university.

Her duties include overall administrative oversight of university-wide communications, managing executive communications of Chancellor Gary S. May, leading messaging strategy, supporting crisis communications, and overseeing the unit鈥檚 diversity efforts and representing the university in the community.

Previously she served as UC Davis鈥檚 director of social media, where she built and designed the university鈥檚 social media team.

鈥淲e are thrilled Sallie is joining Pacific鈥檚 executive leadership team,鈥� said Pacific President Christopher Callahan. 鈥淪he possesses deep knowledge of communications strategies and tactics, a digital-first focus, high emotional intelligence and a sense of urgency.鈥�

As Pacific鈥檚 chief communications executive, Poggi will be a direct report to the president and serve on the university鈥檚 Cabinet, designing and executing Pacific鈥檚 communications strategy to project the university鈥檚 student-centric focus to audiences locally, regionally, nationally and globally.

鈥淚 am honored to serve the 老司机福利网 in this impactful role,鈥� Poggi said. 鈥淧acific鈥檚 dedication to the success of its students and commitment to diversity and inclusion was clear to me from the first time I stepped on campus. I look forward to the opportunity to work together with President Callahan and the talented team at Pacific to increase awareness of this great institution.鈥�

The president noted Poggi鈥檚 blend of experiences in higher education and in commercial communications.

She served for nearly nine years at UC Davis, her alma mater. UC Davis is a comprehensive research university ranked No. 28 nationally鈥揳nd No. 6 among all public universities鈥揵y U.S. News & World Report. It has nearly 40,000 students and a $7 billion annual budget.

鈥淪allie built a reputation as a collaborative leader skilled at engaging and building community using communications,鈥� said UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May. 鈥淲hile we will miss Sallie, we are excited to see her take on this new leadership role at 老司机福利网.鈥� 

Before joining Davis, she was a managing supervisor at FleishmanHillard, one of the world鈥檚 largest marketing and public relations agencies.

She starts July 15.

Poggi is the newest member of Pacific鈥檚 leadership team assembled by Callahan since he started as president鈥痭early four years ago after 15 years as dean and vice provost at Arizona State University鈥檚 Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Last year, Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert, a top academic leader at Scripps College and biology professor at Scripps, Claremont McKenna College and Pitzer College, joined Pacific as provost and executive vice president. Lee Skinner, dean of Newcomb-Tulane College at Tulane University and former associate dean at Claremont McKenna, was appointed dean of the College of the Pacific, the university鈥檚 liberal arts and sciences school. Adam Tschuor, the No. 2 athletics executive at University of Dayton, started as Pacific鈥檚 new athletic director. And Lauren Schoenthaler, senior university counsel at Stanford University, was appointed Pacific鈥檚 chief general counsel.

In 2022, James Walsh, the No. 2 financial executive at Tufts University, joined Pacific as chief financial officer and Niraj Chaudhary was promoted to dean of the William Knox Holt Memorial Library and Learning Center.

UCLA Dean for Students Maria Q. Blandizzi was named vice president for student life in 2021 while Liz Orwin, head of engineering at Harvey Mudd College, was appointed dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science and Mary Lomax-Ghirarduzzi 鈥�89, vice provost for diversity at the University of San Francisco, was named鈥疨acific鈥檚 inaugural vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion.

Earlier, Scott Biedermann 鈥�05, 鈥�20, was promoted to vice president for development and alumni relations. Christopher Ferguson, an enrollment strategist from Occidental College, was the first of the president鈥檚 leadership hires when he was named Pacific鈥檚 vice president for enrollment strategy.

Pacific is California鈥檚 first and oldest university, founded in 1851. The Northern California university, with more than 6,700 students across campuses in Stockton, Sacramento and San Francisco, is ranked as No. 11 among private universities in the West by The Wall Street Journal.

Alumni are ranked in the Top 2% of career earnings. Pacific also is one of the nation鈥檚 few private universities that is designated by the U.S. Department of Education as both a Hispanic-Serving Institution and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution.