Office of Communications Names New Directors

Theresa Bourgeois has been named director of media relations in the Office of Communications and Delcy Fox has been named director of marketing.

Bourgeois has more than 20 years experience in communications and public policy, having worked for a variety of positions for federal, state, and city offices in Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago, and Albany.

As director of media relations, Bourgeois is responsible for planning, leading, and executing a comprehensive media-relations program. She also serves as overall Institute spokesperson.

Bourgeois has more than 20 years experience in communications and public policy, having worked for a variety of positions for federal, state, and city offices in Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago, and Albany.

Prior to coming to Rensselaer, Bourgeois worked for the New York State Comptroller’s Press Office. She has held a number of Washington, D.C., posts, including communications positions with the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, the Senate Democratic Majority Leader, and the House Judiciary Committee.

Bourgeois also worked in a number of policy positions for Boston City Mayor Ray Flynn and in 1990 was honored the Individual Manager of the Year Award for her work in managing Flynn’s major initiative incorporating economic opportunity, law enforcement, and community involvement to combat escalating urban violence.

Fox, who most recently was assistant director of marketing, brings to the position 15 years of marketing experience and four years of management experience.

She holds a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in communications from St. John Fisher College in Rochester.

As director of marketing, Fox will be responsible for oversight of marketing efforts to advance the Institute and to support campus strategic marketing clients based on Institute priorities.

Fox, who most recently was assistant director of marketing, brings to the position 15 years of marketing experience and four years of management experience. Prior to joining Rensselaer in 1999 as senior account executive, she was with marketing services agencies in Albany, Princeton, N.J., Paramus, N.J., and New York City. Prior to that, she was the media liaison for a marine mammal cognitive research laboratory at the University of Hawaii.

Fox holds a master of science degree in management from Rensselaer, a master of arts degree in biological anthropology from the University at Albany, and a bachelor of arts degree in anthropology and biology from Wesleyan University. She is the chair of the Annual Fund at Wesleyan and in September will join the board of the Gift Planning Group of Northeastern New York.