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Kimberly Ovitt

Director

The Biodesign Institute, Communication

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As director of Communication & Institutional Advancement for the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, Kimberly Ovitt, APR, oversees multiple programs including marketing, public relations, K-12 educational outreach, community relations, employee relations, and fundraising programs. Ovitt is a member of the strategic leadership team for the Institute and is responsible for identifying and developing communication efforts that further the research mission and business goals of the Institute. This includes enhancing relationships with the public at large; prospective donors, industrial, clinical and academic partners, the local business community; students; potential and current faculty and staff; and members of the K-12 educational system. With more than 25 years of experience, Ovitt joined the Biodesign Institute at ASU in 2004. Prior to this, she served for nine years in a similar role at Phoenix Children's Hospital, one of the 10 largest children's hospitals in the nation. Other prior experience includes nine years employed by the City of Mesa, Arizona, and five years employed in health care communication for several large hospital systems. Ovitt graduated summa cum laude from ASU in 1981 with a BA in communication. She was accredited by the Public Relations Society of America in 1988 and served as president of the Phoenix PRSA chapter in 1991.