Dennis Poust

Current

• Director of Communications at New York State Catholic Conference

Past

• Director of Public Relations at Arts Center Stage
• Marketing/Publications Manager at Austin Community College
• Editor/Interim Director of Public Relations at St. Edward's University

• News Editor at Catholic New York

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Education

• New York University
• St. Frances of Rome School

Connections

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Industry

Religious Institutions

Dennis Poust’s Experience

• Director of Communications

  New York State Catholic Conference

  (Religious Institutions industry)

  January 2001 — Present (8 years 11 months)

  --Principal spokesman for Catholic Bishops of New York State on public policy matters
  --Responsible for all media relations
  --Direct all content of Web site, which was completely redesigned under my direction
  --Write, design and edit all publications, including a newsletter developed by me that is published monthly during the legislative session
  --Advise Executive Director on legislative strategy
  --Write and edit annual legislative reports, budget letter to Governor, etc.
  --With staff, plan and organize annual lobbying day for Catholics statewide

• Director of Public Relations

  Arts Center Stage

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Performing Arts industry)

  November 1991 — January 2001 (9 years 3 months)

  Directed PR efforts of 501(c)(3) raising funds for a state-of-the-art $89 million multi-theater performing arts center in downtown Austin, Texas, for Austin’s community-based arts organizations, including the Austin Symphony Orchestra, Austin Lyric Opera and Ballet Austin.

• Marketing/Publications Manager

  Austin Community College

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  November 1998 — October 1999 (1 year )

  --Coordinated all aspects of the college's publications program, including course schedules, catalogs, newsletter, brochures, posters, mailers, etc.
  --Wrote marketing and public relations copy
  --Supervised staff of two designers and a photographer
  --Served as liaison to printers and other vendors

• Editor/Interim Director of Public Relations

  St. Edward's University

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  December 1995 — November 1998 (3 years )

  --As interim public relations director I served as chief media relations officer, wrote news releases and marketing copy, produced Annual Report and other publications.
  --As an editor and grant writer, I designed and wrote four-color, quarterly tabloid-sized alumni newsletter and wrote grants for multimillion dollar capital campaign.

• News Editor

  Catholic New York

  (Newspapers industry)

  October 1988 — June 1995 (6 years 9 months)

  Edited copy, designed and layed out news and feature pages, covered and wrote stories for 130,000-circulation weekly newspaper covering the Catholic Archdiocese of New York, including much of New York City and seven northern counties.

Dennis Poust’s Education

• New York University

  1984 — 1988

• St. Frances of Rome School

Additional Information

Dennis Poust’s Groups:

Vice President, School Board, St. Thomas the Apostle School, Delmar, NY

•    NYU Alumni
•    New York State Policy and Politics Networking Group

Dennis Poust’s Contact Settings

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