Director, Marketing and Communications, WVU School of Public Health
Nikky Luna ’12, M.S. IMC, has more than 16 years of experience in higher education marketing and public health communications.
Prior to joining the WVU School of Public Health as director of marketing and communications in August 2019, she served as senior marketing strategist for the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, where she helped drive efforts to position the RNI as a leader in patient-centric, groundbreaking research.
Her other roles within the WVU community have included communications manager for the WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design and director of donor relations with the WVU Foundation. Nikky’s career in higher education began in 2005 as an admissions counselor for her undergraduate alma mater, Alderson-Broaddus College (now University). She was eventually led to development, serving as director of annual giving and in other capacities, including vice president for institutional advancement, where she led a team of nine while managing a portfolio of leadership donors.