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Randell Kennedy
President & Founder
Academy Communications
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Professional Bio
Kennedy and his team work closely with higher education institutions from coast to coast. They represent these campuses, large and small, as their advocate among key national, regional and international media and provide on-campus training and crisis-communications and message-development counsel.
A former journalist and a national leader in the field of educational media relations, Kennedy previously served as an on-campus media strategist at Tufts University. He is a recognized expert in university crisis communications and is one of the most experienced and longest-serving media advisors in American higher education. Since 1990, he has provided extensive media relations, crisis communication and editorial services for more than one hundred of the nation's finest colleges, universities, law schools, and educational foundations.
A former journalist and a national leader in the field of educational media relations, Kennedy previously served as an on-campus media strategist at Tufts University. He is a recognized expert in university crisis communications and is one of the most experienced and longest-serving media advisors in American higher education. Since 1990, he has provided extensive media relations, crisis communication and editorial services for more than one hundred of the nation's finest colleges, universities, law schools, and educational foundations.