Camille Lepre leads a team responsible for communications that enhance AU’s visibility and reputation. These include media relations, web news, internal communications, and social media. She provides university leaders with counsel on crisis communications and serves as university spokesperson on institutional issues. While at AU, she has developed and guided the media strategy for academic research and thought leadership, institutional initiatives, and VIP events, including three visits by the President of the United States. Before joining AU in 2009, Camille spent 20 years leading external, internal, and crisis communications for large corporations and entrepreneurial companies. She has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Cornell University.