Diana Pearson, Vice President for Communications
As vice president for communications, Diana Pearson is responsible for developing and implementing the institution's overall communications strategy, which is designed to increase understanding of and support for Dartmouth's educational and public service activities. She coordinates the institution-wide management of Dartmouth's communications to its broad range of constituencies, oversees Dartmouth's media relations activities, and directly manages Dartmouth's Office of Public Affairs, which produces all College publications, manages its web content, provides information to the news media about events, research, and other important news involving Dartmouth, and operates the College's Office of Conferences and Special Events, among other activities.
A native of Bay Shore, New York, Pearson is a graduate of Vassar College, where she majored in history. She served as editor-in-chief of The Miscellany News (weekly newspaper) and student editor of the Vassar Quarterly (publication for alumni/ae).
Pearson also has worked as a journalist with Gannett Newspapers and the Associated Press. At Newsweek, she was named "Employee of the Year" for building the brand internationally by promoting the magazine's prize-winning coverage of the Gulf War. At TIME, Pearson was a driving force in organizing major press-worthy events, including TIME's 75TH Anniversary Celebration of Leadership (1998) and the first annual TIME 100 Most Influential People in the World Dinner (2005). Three annual summits drew 300 leaders from across disciplines to develop solutions to important societal issues: the TIME Global Health Summit (2005) sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; the TIME/ABC News Obesity Summit (2004) sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Future of Life Summit (2003) convened on the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA.
She has served on the board of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, has volunteered for the Clinton Global Initiative and has supported the efforts of Save the Children, particularly in Bolivia.