UCLA names alumna first vice chancellor of strategic communication
UCLA alumna Mary Osako will be UCLA’s first vice chancellor of strategic communication, the university announced Tuesday. (Courtesy of Mary Osako)
By Marilyn Chavez-Martinez
Sept. 11, 2019 1:58 p.m.
UCLA appointed its first vice chancellor of strategic communication, the university announced Tuesday.
Mary Osako, a UCLA alumna, will oversee UCLA’s strategic communication division which includes UCLA’s marketing, media relations, executive communication, public outreach and special events and protocol units, according to a UCLA press release.
Chancellor Gene Block announced the division’s formation and new structure in 2018. The division was formerly known as University Communication and Public Outreach and resided in UCLA’s external affairs division.
After a nationwide search for the division’s leader, UCLA chose Osako, a partner and chief operating officer at Haven Tower Group, a strategic communications and marketing firm based in Santa Monica.
Osako was previously a communications leader at Activision Blizzard, Amazon and Yahoo, according to a university press release.
She will begin her new post Sept. 23.
