Contact Our Staff

The Strategic Marketing and Communications (SM+C) team is the source for marketing communications, media relations and brand strategy at Temple University. It serves as the point of contact for campus news, digital advertising, editorial style, media inquiries, photography, brand resources, logos, university newsletters, and web strategy and maintenance.

SM+C Leadership

Name

Title

Phone

Email

Angela Polec

Vice President, Strategic Marketing and Communications

215-204-7830

angela.polec@temple.edu

Andrea Gaudini

Interim Assistant Vice President, Marketing Operations

215-204-2937

andrea.gaudini@temple.edu

Marketing and Advertising

Name

Title

Phone Number

Email

Andrea Gaudini

Sr. Director, Marketing Management

215-204-2937

andrea.gaudini@temple.edu

Ta'Nisha Wells

Director, Digital Marketing

tanisha.wells@temple.edu

Danielle Melzard

Associate Director, Advertising

215-204-3198

dmelz@temple.edu

Lydia Thomas

Marketing Specialist, Advertising

215-204-7606

lydia.thomas0001@temple.edu

Audrey Kadow

Digital Marketing Specialist

215-204-2927

audrey.kadow@temple.edu

Rachelle Katz

Digital Marketing Coordinator

rachelle.katz@temple.edu

Social Media

Name

Title

Phone Number

Email

Amanda Ferrill

Associate Director, Social Media

215-204-6557

amanda.ferrill@temple.edu

Victoria Chhor

Sr. Manager, Social Media and Community

215-204-7740

victoria.chhor@temple.edu

Will Careri

Manager, Social Media, Executive Communications

wcareri@temple.edu

Dana Luo

Social Media Specialist

215-204-5335

dana.luo@temple.edu

Media Buying and Advertising

Name

Title

Phone Number

Email

Lael Troupe

Director, Visual Strategy

215-204-3615

lael.troupe@temple.edu

News and Public Relations

Name

Title

Phone Number

Email

Steve Orbanek

Director, Communications

267-846-8444

stephen.orbanek@temple.edu

Ayana Jones

Manager, Media Relations

445-227-3258

ayana.jones0003@temple.edu

Content

Name

Title

Phone Number

Email

Kim Fischer

Director, Content Strategy

215-204-7479

kim.fischer@temple.edu

Kiki Volkert

Content Manager, News

215-204-6558

kikivolkert@temple.edu

Brent Baum

Content Producer, News

215-204-7560

brent.baum@temple.edu

Jonny Hart

Content Producer, News

215-204-2606

jonny.hart@temple.edu

Maria Klecko

Content Producer, News

215-204-7732

maria.klecko@temple.edu

Elizabeth Clay

Director, Web Content Strategy

215-204-9691

elizabeth.clay@temple.edu

Kierstyn Smith

Content Manager, Web

kierstyn.smith@temple.edu

Marketing Communications

Name

Title

Phone Number

Email

Lindsay Hargrave

Content Producer

215-204-7648

lindsay.hargrave@temple.edu

Quality Assurance

Name

Title

Phone Number

Email

Emily Brown

Quality Assurance Specialist

215-204-6532

emily.brown0007@temple.edu

Publications

Name and Title

Publication

Phone Number

Email

Kiki Volkert
Content Manager, News Center

Temple Now (employee newsletter)

215-204-6558

kikivolkert@temple.edu

Visual Strategy

Name

Title

Phone Number

Email

Lael Troupe

Director, Visual Strategy

215-204-3615

lael.troupe@temple.edu

David Bonomo

Associate Director, Visual Strategy, Brand

215-204-7542

david.bonomo@temple.edu

Andrew Collette

Associate Director, Visual Strategy, Design

215-204-2929

andrew.collette@temple.edu

Robert Frawley

Sr. Designer

215-204-7572

robert.frawley@temple.edu

Rose Caporaletti

Designer

215-204-7758

rosec@temple.edu

Eric Green

Design Production Manager

eric.green@temple.edu

Ian Prizer

Motion Graphics Specialist

215-204-5122

ian.prizer@temple.edu

Multimedia and Photography

Name

Title

Phone Number

Email

Betsy Manning

Sr. Associate Director, Multimedia

215-204-4668
215-680-4628 (cell)

bmanning@temple.edu

Ryan Brandenberg

Sr. University Photographer

267-670-1583
267-670-1583 (cell)

ryan.brandenberg@temple.edu

Joe Labolito

Sr. University Photographer

215-204-4669
215-370-3204 (cell)

labolito@temple.edu

Eric Lovett

Sr. Videographer, Executive Communications

eric.lovett@temple.edu

Joe Schreiber

Sr. Videographer

267-853-7352
267-853-7352 (cell)

joseph.schreiber@temple.edu

Wesley Haag

Staff Videographer

wesley.haag@temple.edu

Web Technology

Name

Title

Phone Number

Email

Mike Brewington

Sr. Interactive Developer

215-204-3616

michael.brewington@temple.edu

Jake Hymson

Sr. Web Developer

215-204-1283

jhymson@temple.edu

Carlos E. Rivera

Back-end Developer

carlos.rivera.centeno@temple.edu

User Experience (UX) and Research

Name

Title

Phone Number

Email

Olga Dressler

Associate Director, UX Strategy

215-204-2928

olga@temple.edu

Kelsey Martin

UX Researcher

kelsey.martin0001@temple.edu

Operations

Marketing Management

Name

Title

Phone Number

Email

Andrea Gaudini

Sr. Director, Marketing Management

215-204-2934

andrea.gaudini@temple.edu

Eric Shomer

Associate Director, Partnership Management

215-204-4401

emshomer@temple.edu

Emily Zargan

Partnership Manager

215-204-4655

emily.zargan@temple.edu

Kristin Schrier

Associate Director, Project Management

215-204-7739

kristin.schrier@temple.edu

Natasha Naumova

Project Manager, Digital

nataliia.naumova@temple.edu

Sara Wuillermin

Project Manager, Digital

sara.wuillermin@temple.edu

Tiara Cooper

Project Coordinator

215-204-7585

tiara.cooper@temple.edu

Heather Hungate

Marketing Process Manager

heather.hungate@temple.edu

Finance

Name

Title

Phone Number

Email

Charles Schneider

Account Analyst

215-204-7607

tue28723@temple.edu

Administration

Name

Title

Phone Number

Email

Nayah Nicholson

Associate Director, Administration

215-204-5042

nayah.nicholson@temple.edu