Anderson Elected to RIT Board of Trustees
Hamburg resident is president of Alumni Association
Kathleen Anderson
Kathleen Anderson of Hamburg has been elected to the Board of Trustees at Rochester Institute of Technology. Anderson, a 1994 graduate of RIT’s College of Liberal Arts, is also president of the RIT Alumni Association. The association serves more than 106,000 RIT alumni worldwide.
A media strategist with more than a decade of brand management experience, Anderson serves as a media director for Travers Collins & Co., a western New York based advertising agency. Anderson’s expertise includes trade, consumer and emerging media. She is directly responsible for the development and execution of the international media strategy of both Weight Watchers Sweet Goods and Corning Display Technologies.
RIT now has 52 active trustees, of whom 25 are alumni.
About RIT: Rochester Institute of Technology is internationally recognized for academic leadership in computing, engineering, imaging technology, and fine and applied arts, in addition to unparalleled access and support services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Nearly 16,500 full- and part-time students are enrolled in more than 200 career-oriented and professional programs at RIT, and its cooperative education program is one of the oldest and largest in the nation.
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