Press Releases 2006

CONTACT: Mary Planding, Director, Marketing & Communications
(831) 479-5744
marketing[at]cabrillo.edu
May 13, 2006

New Marketing Director Starts at Cabrillo College

Mary Planding of Santa Cruz, who has a background in business and product marketing and public relations, took over as Director, Marketing and Communications at Cabrillo College on May 15.

Planding spent the last nine years at The Marketing Clinic in Scotts Valley, coaching executives and providing strategic business consulting services for large and small organizations. Prior to that, she held senior marketing management positions at Apple Computer, National Semiconductor and Resumix, Inc.

She has a history of community service, having served for seven years as Disaster Action Team co-leader with the Santa Cruz Red Cross before becoming a volunteer docent guide at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center at Long Marine Laboratories.

A native of New York, Planding, 50, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in French and German languages and literature from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a master’s in business administration from San Jose State University.

Planding, who comes from a family of educators and artists, says, “As a life-long learner, I have continually been impressed with the quality of the art classes I have taken at Cabrillo. I am excited and look forward to expanding the public’s awareness of Cabrillo College as one of the best community colleges in the United States.”

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