The Office of University Communication seeks to maximize significant positive media coverage of the university, its people and programs by cultivating relationships with reporters and editors to improve acceptance of story ideas, facilitating media’s ability to access information and by communicating effectively about the achievements of the institution, its faculty and students, externally and internally.
Biographies of the staff listed below are also avaible.
Eric Gerber
Director
Richard Bonnin
Assistant Director
Lisa Merkl
Senior Writer for Science, Engineering and Research
Mike Emery
Writer for Fine Arts
Ann Holdsworth
Media Relations Rep for Science and Research
Marisa Ramirez
Media Relations Rep for Education and Social Work
Francine Parker
Writer/Editor for Internal Communication
Joan Gallo
Secretary
In addition to the University Communication team, the University of Houston Campus Communicators Network helps communicate the university’s message within specific colleges and programs. Contacts include:
Chris
Burkhalter
Associate Athletics Director
Susan Hammons
Director of College Communications, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Chester Jacinto
Communications Director, C. T. Bauer College of Business
Alex Kopatic
University Marketing Director, UH
Law Center
Chip Lambert
Communications Coordinator, College
of Pharmacy
Lindsay
Lewis
Director of Communications,
College of Engineering
Debbie Maurer
Director of Communications,
Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management
Linda Hinkle
Communications Manager, College of Optometry