Sandy Mau
ERVA Communications Director
Communications
Works with the communications director to develop and offer feedback about ERVA's website and materials and continually evaluates new and effective approaches for engaging the ERVA community.
Charge
The Communications Working Group works with the communications director to develop and offer feedback about ERVA's website, branded materials, announcements, survey instruments, and publications, and continually evaluates new and effective approaches for engaging the ERVA community and sharing findings. With priority given to fulfilling the community’s best interest, the members of the Communications Working Group will ensure all recommendations are made with an objective, unbiased approach, particularly regarding their own background, professional affiliation, or other influences that would introduce inappropriate favoritism into ERVA’s outcomes.
ERVA’s success hinges on enabling the engineering community to speak with one voice to support a rapid and efficient response to emerging opportunities and areas of national need. As such, communication must be multidirectional and designed to reach and appeal to diverse stakeholders – including but not limited to underrepresented groups and early career professionals – throughout our process, from sourcing initial ideas and volunteers through promoting and capturing uptake of research directions proposed. Therefore, the Communications Working Group will play a critical role in messaging, engagement, and ultimately community building and maintenance.
Chairs
Federal Liaison
Cecile Gonzalez
Federal Liaison, National Science Foundation
Joshua Duplechain
Director of Communications, College of Engineering, Louisiana State University
JS Engebretson
Communications and Marketing Manager, College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Andrew Krebs
Senior Director of Marketing and Communications, College of Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Felix Lu
Director of Corporate Engagement, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
Emily Wilmsen
Director of Communications and Strategic Marketing, Colorado State University Engineering