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Chay Rao Assistant Dean for Communications & Marketing SPA | Marketing & Communications

Degrees
M.F.A., New York University

B.A., Tufts University

Bio
Chay Rao is the Assistant Dean of Strategic Communications & Marketing for the School of Public Affairs at American University. He leads a team of marketing and communications professionals managing SPA websites, graphic design, social media, and marketing who develop and implement integrated communications & marketing campaigns that SPA’s institutional goals and priorities, including graduate student recruitment.

Chay has worked in the education, journalism, and business sectors, working to protect the brand and tone of company-wide messaging, both for internal and external audiences.