Division of Public Affairs

Vanderbilt University’s award-winning Division of Public Affairs serves as the institution-wide hub for communications, marketing and public policy initiatives. Whether developing unique relationships with and communicating to Vanderbilt’s vast array of external and internal constituencies, promoting government and community initiatives, creating a broader, deeper and more complete understanding of Vanderbilt, each and every activity of the division supports the University’s academic missions of teaching, research, service and patient care.

Staff

• Beth Fortune – Vice Chancellor (Biography)
  beth.fortune@vanderbilt.edu
• Cindy Graham - Executive Secretary
  cindy.graham@vanderbilt.edu
• Lyle Lankford – Senior University Historian and Protocol Officer
  lyle.lankford@vanderbilt.edu
• Crystal Laster – Administrative Officer
  crystal.laster@Vanderbilt.Edu
• Patsy Sanders – Executive Assistant
  patsy.sanders@vanderbilt.edu
• Whitney A Weeks – Executive Director, Center for Nashville Studies
  whitney.weeks@vanderbilt.edu

Explore

• Division of Public Afffairs staff manual
• University organizational chart

Division Offices

Community, Neighborhood, and Government Relations | Creative Services | Dyer Observatory | Faculty Awards | Federal Relations, Washington D.C. | Marketing – Athletics | Media Relations – Athletics | News and Communications – Medical Center | News and Communications – University | Retirement Learning | University Calendar | University Trademark Licensing | University Web Communications | Vanderbilt View | Virtual School

Contact Us

405 Kirkland Hall
Nashville, TN 37240
tel (615) 343-1790 fax (615) 322-4642