Promislo joins Princeton as director of communications strategy

Susan Promislo, a veteran communications professional who has developed and led strategy for several programs at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation over the past 13 years, will join the Princeton University Office of Communications as director of communications strategy on Feb. 8.

"We're pleased to add Susan to our staff and to the network of communicators across the University," said Daniel Day, assistant vice president for communications. "Susan has broad experience in helping diverse audiences learn about and understand research and policy messages for the public good. In this new position, she will bring new perspectives to bolster our efforts to tell Princeton's story in an era of rapidly changing media and technology."

Promislo joined the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton as a communications associate in 2002. She was a communications officer from 2006 through 2008, when she was promoted to senior communications officer. She has directed the foundation's communications efforts on several public health initiatives, including work to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic and to help vulnerable children and families.

"I am thrilled to join Princeton's extraordinary team of communicators," Promislo said. "I look forward to working closely with them and with leaders across the campus to heighten the University's reputation for teaching and research excellence."

Promislo will report to Day. Besides consulting with campus colleagues on communications strategy, Promislo will write and edit news about the University and handle budget and other administrative duties.

Promislo worked at the Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C., from 1995 to 2000 and served as communications coordinator for a policy program that granted awards to scholars. She began her career at The Fund for Peace in 1992, where her duties included performing research, writing and editing for publications, and supporting the head of a foreign policy program.

Promislo has a bachelor's degree in international relations from Colgate University and a master's degree from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.