Ellen Rostand has been named director of communications for the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, announced Edward F. Lawlor, Ph.D., dean and the William E. Gordon Professor.
Rostand has more than 12 years of communications experience. Before joining the University, she was senior vice president of the health-care practice at Fleishman-Hillard in St. Louis, where she worked with a wide range of national clients developing and executing creative communications programs.
“Ellen’s experience in health care, with universities and with social-service organizations is the perfect background for our communications work at the School of Social Work,” Lawlor said. “I know that her leadership will have a significant impact on our internal and external communications.”
Prior to her work at Fleishman-Hillard, Rostand served as the special assistant to the president of the University of Chicago Hospitals & Health Systems. She also held various communications positions with the Philadelphia Health Management Corp. and other medical centers throughout the country.
Rostand earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a certificate in health administration and policy from Chicago’s graduate program in health administration and policy.
She earned an undergraduate business degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.