Nanci Martin, director of strategic media and marketing, is a highly accomplished international senior marketing executive with 25 years of experience in communication, media relations and publications. She has earned a reputation for utilizing strategic partnerships to achieve long-term goals in higher education, international development, non-profit organizations and government.
As the principal at Global Communication Strategies, a role she held since 2011, she created and implemented fully operational communications and marketing departments for universities and NGOs. Her clients included Harvard University and the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani. Earlier, she served as director of communication and advertising for Catholic Relief Services and at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as deputy director of the press section. She also had key roles in the Governor’s Office in Providence, Rhode Island, where she was deputy executive assistant, director of communications and press secretary.
Martin has professional experience in the MENA region, including a decade at the American University in Cairo where she served as associate vice president for communication and marketing. An expert in systematic messaging, she led a team that designed American University in Cairo’s successful “I am AUC” campaign, which repositioned the university’s profile across the Middle East region. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Rhode Island.