Wayne Westervelt

Vice President for External Relations and Chief of Staff at SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Utica, New York, United States

About

Seasoned communicator with 20+ years of marketing/communications/public relations experience in higher education, the public/government sector and business environment

Experience

  • Vice President for External Relations and Chief of Staff at SUNY Polytechnic Institute
    Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • Chief Communications Officer at State University of New York at Oswego
    Sep 2016 - Jun 2023 · 6 yrs 10 mos

    As a member of the President's executive leadership team, Westervelt led SUNY Oswego's overall marketing, communications strategic planning, content development, outgoing communications management, visibility and branding activities for the college's main and branch campuses. In his role as CCO, Westervelt oversaw the Office of Communications and Marketing to engage key target audiences and tell the SUNY Oswego story of impact, in alignment with the university's strategic plan, through a variety of creative methods, including new media, social networking, direct marketing, video, print, web, email, and news media.

  • Director of Communications, Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University
    Mar 2015 - Sep 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Vice President for Marketing & Communications at Cazenovia College
    May 2004 - Mar 2015 · 10 yrs 11 mos

    As a member of the senior leadership team, I oversee the marketing/communications and public relations efforts of Cazenovia College. My departmental focus is on establishing effective relationships with students, alumni, faculty, staff, media and other College constituents, and above all on marketing the College to prospective students and their families.

  • Communications Manager at Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board
    1997 - 2004 · 7 yrs

    Supervised the communications, public affairs/public information activities of a five-county governmental agency and the Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council.