Third Floor W. Bancroft St. Meghan Cunningham, vice president for marketing and communications, has been a Rocket for more than a dozen years. She joined The University of Toledo as a media relations specialist in from The Blade newspaper where she had been a reporter for five years. Her UToledo career also has included serving as assistant director of media relations, director of University communications and executive director of marketing and communications.
She assumed the vice president role in May She is proud of the talented and creative team in the Office of Marketing and Communications that is committed to sharing the wonderful value of a UToledo education with prospective students and celebrating the successes of our incredible students, faculty and staff.
She lives in Sylvania with her husband and two children and enjoys novels and films that move her to tears, trying new restaurants and squeezing in extra minutes of sleep whenever possible. Jen Sorgenfrei serves as executive director of marketing and communications. She brings to the role more than a decade of experience in marketing and communications strategy in both public and private sector organizations.
From , Jen was public information officer for the city of Toledo. Additionally, she worked for Funk Luetke Skunda now FLS Group, a division of Thread , the Lucas County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board and the Ohio House of Representatives, where she was responsible for developing communications plans for maintaining a dialogue with the community, assisting clients in achieving their business goals and managing institutional reputation.
A Dallas native, Baird graduated from Texas Tech University with the stubborn dream of being a features writer and film critic at a daily newspaper. His first career stop was at the Odessa American in Odessa, Texas, where, as a copy editor-turned entertainment editor, Baird came to see the beauty in the scrub tree desolation of West Texas and to appreciate the hardscrabble resolve of those who defined themselves by it.
