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In a former role as the
government relations
advisor for Anadarko
Petroleum Corporation,
Marty fostered partnerships
with legislative and
executive branch
officials and community
stakeholders alike.
Marty also served a four-
year term on Williamsport’s
City Council from 2006-10,
and is past chairman of the
Pennsylvania College of
Technology Foundation.
Patrick Marty
Executive Director,
Communications and
External Relations
As executive director,
Marty coordinates the
work of the Department
of Marketing and
Communications, and
additionally manages the
College’s relationships with
federal, state and local
governments.
Marty earned a
bachelor’s degree in
government and philosophy
from the University of
Notre Dame in 1991, where
he was commissioned a
Regular Army field artillery
officer with assignments
in West Germany and Ft.
Carson, Colo. In 1996,
he earned a master’s
degree in journalism from
Northwestern University,
then served as the sports
editor for the internet
edition of the Chicago
Tribune and editor-at-large
at Freeskier Magazine.
For 11 years, he was
responsible for the
operations, sales and
marketing for commercial-
industrial general
contractor J.B. Gibbons
Construction, Inc., a
Williamsport-based family
business. He remains
the co-owner of The (Re)
Imagination Group, a
Williamsport-based design-
development, marketing
and management company
focused on adaptive reuse
of existing buildings in
Lycoming and Clinton
Counties.
Marla Kramer
Associate Director
of Advancement
Communications
Kramer provides strategic
communications support
for college advancement
and fundraising, and leads
efforts in writing, editing and
producing various digital
and print materials for the
College.
As a public relations and
marketing professional with
more than 20 years expe-
rience, Marla has a back-
ground in helping leaders
and multinational organi-
zations with key message
development and delivery
of the news, including NTT
Communications/Verio,
where she spent six years.
Kramer holds a bachelor’s
degree in journalism from
Ohio University.
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