Staff and Media Contacts

Media Contacts
Name	Position	Email	Ext.
Andrea Armeni	Assistant Editor, New and Social Media	amarmeni@ysu.edu	2162
Renee Cannon	Layout Design Artist	racannon01@ysu.edu	3298
Ronald Cole	Director of University Communications	racole01@ysu.edu	3285
William Ingold	Printing Machine Operator 2		3111
Joel Lewis	Videographer	jmlewis01@ysu.edu	2990
Deborah Lowe	Administrative Assistant 2	dlowe01@ysu.edu	2987
Robert Merz	Graduate Assistant	rvmerz@student.ysu.edu	2973
Ross Morrone	University Web Developer	rossmorrone@gmail.com	1424
Bruce Palmer	University Photographer	bwpalmer@ysu.edu	3521
Christine Perunko	Printing Coordinator	cmperunko@ysu.edu	7174
Victor Romack	Press Operator		3111
Elizabeth Rush	Purchasing Agent 1	ejrush@ysu.edu	3755
John P. Spencer	Associate Director, Production Services	jpspencer@ysu.edu	7134
Mark W. Van Tilburg	Executive Director of Marketing and Communications	mwvantilburg@ysu.edu	3518
Cynthia Vinarsky	Assistant Editor	cevinarsky@ysu.edu	1703
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Meet the Staff of Marketing and Communications

Ron Cole
Manager of News and Information Services
    Editor, YSUpdate

   Ron Cole came to YSU in 2002 after a 20-year career as a newspaper reporter in Pennsylvania, Texas, Louisiana and, most recently at The Vindicator in Youngstown, where he covered YSU as part of the education beat.
    At YSU, he coordinates the university's media relations efforts and is editor of the YSUpdate, the university's twice-a-month newsletter. Recently, he launched the eUpdate, the electronic version of the YSUpdate. Those interested in subscribing to the eUpdate can do so at http://cfweb.cc.ysu.edu/eUpdate/index.cfm. He also maintains the Youngstown State University news web site.
    Cole earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Temple University in Philadelphia.

Cynthia Vinarsky
Assistant Editor
Editor, YSU Magazine and YSU Insider

   Cynthia Vinarsky is assistant editor in the Marketing and Communications office and serves as editor of the YSU Magazine and the YSU Insider. She also writes for the YSUpdate, the eUpdate and the weekly YSU News Briefs.
   Vinarsky joined YSU in 2008 with more than 20 years of journalism experience, most recently as a senior reporter with The Business Journal in Youngstown and before that as a reporter and business writer with The Vindicator in Youngstown. She also worked as a freelance copywriter for Prodigal Media Co. in Boardman.
   A Toledo, Ohio native, she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Kent State University. Vinarsky can be reached at 330–941–1703 or cevinarsky@ysu.edu

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