Winter 2023
- Leadership
New Director of Marketing and Communication
Stone Ridge
Ms. Kate Kalas joins Stone Ridge as the Director of Marketing and Communications. She has served as the inaugural director of marketing for the MarTech graduate enrollment marketing team at Georgetown University, and in a variety of roles in education marketing and creative services during 13 years at the George Washington Univeristy.
“I was looking to join an institution where the mission was truly driving the daily experience. I’m thrilled to have found that here at Stone Ridge and to now be part of a thriving community of Sacred Heart students and educators,” Ms. Kalas says.
Ms. Kalas is also a certified birth doula and a long-time volunteer with Somos Amigos Medical Missions. She holds a B.A. in communications from Boston College.
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- Faith
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