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Laura Lessnau, Director

Bernie DeGroat, Associate Director

Laura Bailey, Senior Public Relations Representative

Health Sciences

Jim Erickson, Lead Public Relations Representative

Life and Environmental Sciences

Laurel Thomas, Senior Public Relations Strategist

Education, Information and Academic Innovation

Greta Guest, State Communications Manager

Michigan impact, Detroit initiatives, programs and impact, Urban Planning

Sydney Hawkins, Arts & Culture Communications Manager

Arts, Culture and Architecture

Deborah Holdship, Michigan Today Editor, Public Relations Representative

Michigan Today is published online 10 times per year by the Michigan News office. The digital magazine is emailed to about 300,000 readers worldwide.

Morgan Sherburne, Senior Public Relations Representative

Social Research and Physical Sciences

Nicole Casal Moore, News Director, College of Engineering

Engineering, Transportation and Energy

Jared Wadley, Senior Public Relations Representative

Social Sciences

Jeff Karoub, Senior Public Relations Representative

Business, Economics, and Public Policy

Fernanda Pires, Senior Public Relations Representative/International

Student/Public Engagement and Portuguese

Debing Su, Intermediate Public Relations Representative/International

China/Asia Pacific

Nardy Baeza Bickel, Senior Public Relations Representative/International

Public Health and Spanish/Hispanic

Cherie McBride, Administrative Specialist

Nicole Rhoads, Web Designer

Mike Wood, Videographer/Producer

Hans Anderson, Social Media and News Graphics Specialist