Cass Cliatt named new vp of communications at Brown University

CASS CLIATT has been appointed vice president of communications at Brown University, effective April 1. / COURTESY FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE
CASS CLIATT has been appointed vice president of communications at Brown University, effective April 1. / COURTESY FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE

PROVIDENCE – Cass Cliatt has been appointed vice president of communications at Brown University, effective April 1.
Cliatt, currently vice president for communications at Franklin & Marshall College, will succeed Marisa Quinn, who is joining the Watson Institute.
As vice president for communications, Cliatt will report directly to the president, and will serve on the university’s Cabinet and Executive Committee.

As Brown’s chief communications officer, Cliatt will be responsible for conceiving, implementing, evaluating and updating a strategic communications plan that supports and advances the university’s goals and priorities.

She will serve as the primary media spokesperson, and will advise members of the senior administration, faculty and other Brown representatives on communication issues and opportunities. She will lead the Office of News and Communication, the Office of Web Communications and the Brown Alumni Magazine.
The Office of Government Relations and Community Affairs, currently part of Public Affairs and University Relations, will report to Russell Carey, executive vice president for policy and planning, beginning Jan. 1.

Cliatt’s responsibilities at Franklin & Marshall included media relations, advancement and admissions communications, Web, multimedia and marketing.

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Cliatt was recruited to Franklin & Marshall from Princeton University, where she worked from 2005-2011, first as director of media relations, then as director of news and editorial services. Among her responsibilities there were crisis communications and planning, issues management, media relations and the development of social media strategy and policy. Prior to Princeton, she was deputy director of communications and policy at the Cook County Clerk’s office in Chicago.

Cliatt began her career as a reporter, serving as a city staff writer for the Daily Herald in Illinois. A 1996 graduate of Princeton University, she earned a master of science in journalism at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.

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