Atlanta Public Schools welcomes Dorna F. Werdelin as the District’s Chief Communications Officer. As a direct report to the Superintendent and member of the Senior Cabinet, Ms. Werdelin will oversee the Office of Communications, and will be responsible for developing and executing the communications and public relations strategy in support of the District.
Previously, Ms. Werdelin served as Vice President of communications, marketing and public relations at Atlanta Technical College (ATC). In this role, she elevated the College through awareness and promotion of its award-winning programs, faculty, staff, and students, resulting in increased student applications and enrollment, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. In her first year as Vice President, Ms. Werdelin led her team to become a Top 3 Finalist for the American Marketing Association Foundation’s “2021 Higher Education Marketer Team of the Year Award” and implemented ATC’s “Master Class” alumni video series and “Atlanta Tech Talks” podcast. At ATC, Ms. Werdelin first served as the Associate Vice President of Adult Education, where she directed and promoted its high school equivalency program, creating strategies for economic mobility through college-and-career-readiness instructional services.
Prior to Atlanta Technical College, Ms. Werdelin served in numerous leadership roles in the state of Georgia government, including Communications and Learning Officer with the Georgia Department of Administrative Services. Ms. Werdelin also served on the state’s inaugural Communications Governance Council for Georgia state purchasing as a legislative liaison and spearheaded the Department’s first “Statewide Contract Expo” which has now grown into the annual Georgia Procurement Conference, where she served on the steering committee and as chair of the content committee. In her first leadership position in the state as Assistant Director of Enterprise Learning, Ms. Werdelin implemented an…
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