Michael Penn

Director of Communications, Marketing and Alumni Relations

Michael Penn

Contact

m.penn@duke.edu

(919) 681-7718

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Michael Penn

Director of Communications, Marketing and Alumni Relations

Michael leads the team responsible for sharing the work of the Duke Global Health Institute with internal and external audiences. In addition to setting overall communications and marketing strategy, Michael identifies the best ways to spread the word about DGHI's mission and impact around the world. Previously, he served as senior director of communications and marketing with the Duke University Office of Alumni Affairs. Before coming to Duke in 2011, he was director of communications and media relations for the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned a master's degree in journalism and mass communications. Michael has won more than a dozen state, regional and national awards for in-depth magazine journalism.