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 Timothy J. McDonough
Assistant Vice President for Marketing & Public Affairs
(202) 939-9365
Specialization: College Costs, Federal Student Aid, Legislative Issues,
Media Relations, Tuition
As assistant vice president for Public Affairs, Tim McDonough manages
a comprehensive program to enhance public understanding of a wide range
of higher education issues, government policies affecting colleges and
universities, and the specific activities of ACE. He has worked in
higher education community for more than 20 years and has extensive
experience both with campus concerns and the higher education policy
debates in Washington.
Before joining ACE in 1998, McDonough served for four years as vice
president for public affairs at the National Association of Independent
Colleges and Universities (NAICU). Prior to joining NAICU in 1992,
he held a number of positions at the University of Maryland at College
Park beginning in 1986, including director of development communications
and associate editor of public affairs in the Office of Institutional
Advancement, and alumni director for the College of Business and
Management. In 1988 and 1989, he was public relations director of
Washington Journalism Review (now American Journalism
Review), the monthly media magazine published by the University of
Maryland's College of Journalism.
From 2002-05, McDonough served on the board of directors of the
Education Writers Association (EWA), the national professional
organization of education reporters. Organized in 1947, EWA has more
than 800 members throughout the United States and Canada, including
reporters from print and broadcast media, as well as public affairs
professionals and writers from elementary, secondary, and postsecondary
education.
McDonough holds a B.A. in government from Georgetown University and an
M.A. in journalism from the University of Maryland College Park.
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