Anne Brandt

Anne Brandt is a marketing executive who built her career in Silicon Valley before transitioning to higher education. She is a strategic thinker with extensive marketing, digital and print communications, branding and product management experience.

As assistant dean of communications and marketing for CALS, Anne is responsible for directing the strategic planning, execution, and maintenance of effective communication efforts for CALS in Ithaca, Geneva and other remote locations. She manages the Office of Communications and Marketing team and serves as a member of the College’s leadership team to design and implement communications strategies that convey the mission, goals, priorities and accomplishments of the college to both internal and external audiences.

Prior to her role at Cornell, Anne served as executive director at Syracuse University on the Central Marketing team serving 13 schools and colleges. She was previously the director of admissions and marketing at Valparaiso University and spent several years as a marketing, communications and product management executive in Silicon Valley for Yahoo, AOL and Netscape. Anne holds a B.S. in Journalism from San Jose State University.

In her spare time, she enjoys playing tennis, landscaping, kayaking and spending time with her husband and sons.