The Insight Committee of the GMU Department of Communication was formed to build and enhance relationships between the department, the students and the larger community of practicing public relations and communication professionals. The committee also strives to maintain an ongoing dialogue that helps focus the department’s research and teaching efforts as a means of meeting and furthering the needs of the professional communication community.
The Insight Committee meets several times a year and appoints sub-committees from time-to-time to lead the development of specific programs that support its key missions. The annual GMU Student/Industry Communications Forum is one of these outreach programs, with others focusing on career enhancement and communication job fairs.
Katherine Boettrich
Chief Communications Officer
INOVA Health
Carl Botan
Faculty Member, Department of Communication
George Mason University
Christopher R. Brewster
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Andrew Cuneo
Senior Manager, Corporate Communications
Polycom
Carolyn Cuppernull
Director, Business Development
Inmarsat Government
Marie Dyak
CEO
The Entertainment Industries Council (EIC)
Executive Producer, EIC Productions
Kate Houston Gatto
Vice President of Communications
National Alliance of Forest Owners
Gavin Gibbons
Vice President, Communications
National Fisheries Institute
Tonya Klause
Communications Director
Microsoft
Robert Krueger
Executive Communications Manager
Gensler
John Lippman
Deputy Director for Programming
Voice of America
Clay McConnell, Vice Chair
Vice President, Communications
Airbus Americas Inc.
Suzanne Mims
Marketing Director/Adjunct Professor at George Mason University
Sickels, Frei & Mims LLP
John Lippman
Deputy Director for Programming
Voice of America
Julie Litzenberger Murphy
Partner & SVP, PR
Sage Communications, LLC
Anne Nicotera
Chair, Department of Communication
George Mason University
Rana Novack
Founder and Program Manager
Global Volunteer Corps for Refugees and CiC, IBM
Lana Petruzzo
Senior Manager, Global Corporate Communications
Hilton
Dan Rene
Senior Vice President
Levick
Logan Rice
News Bureau Lead
Northrop Grumman
Marcella Robertson
Reporter
WUSA/CBS
Mark Root
Head of Marketing and Communications
Noblis
Sergei Samoilenko
Faculty Member, Department of Communication
George Mason University
Danny Selnick
Senior VP
Strategic Markets
Angela Sweeney
Vice President & CMO
Peterson Companies
Kate Sweeney, Faculty Liaison
Faculty Member, Department of Communication
George Mason University
Chad Tragakis, Chair of Insight Committee
Director, Communications
Northrop Grumman Corporation