{"517521":{"#nid":"517521","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Cherry Knox Named GTRI Communications Director","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute Director Andrew Gerber\u0026nbsp;announced\u0026nbsp;that Cherry Z. Knox, (prounounced\u0026nbsp;\u0022Sherry\u0022)\u0026nbsp;will join GTRI on April 18 as the new Director of Communications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn this role, Knox\u0026nbsp;will help\u0026nbsp;craft communications strategies and products to support GTRI\u2019s research mission, advance our\u0026nbsp;outward-facing presence, build sponsor and community excitement about our work, and strengthen GTRI\u2019s ties across the rest of Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;She will serve as the primary interface with Georgia Tech\u2019s Institute Communications organization in aligning strategic and tactical messaging across Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKnox comes to GTRI with broad experience across several business segments, including consumer products, food and beverage and insurance.\u0026nbsp;She has most recently served as the senior director of Marketing, Strategy and Planning for St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN.\u0026nbsp; She holds a bachelor of science degree in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Tennessee and an MBA in Marketing degree from the University of Memphis.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am very excited about Cherry\u2019s arrival, and am confident that she will provide strong leadership to continue to enhance the effectiveness of an already-great GTRI Communications team,\u0022 Gerber said. \u0022I will make sure she has an opportunity to visit each of the labs and Units to learn about the work that we do, and to get input\u0026nbsp;on how the Communications Department can help make GTRI even more effective. Help me welcome Cherry to GTRI and Georgia Tech!\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGTRI Director Andrew Gerber\u0026nbsp;announced\u0026nbsp;that Cherry Z. Knox, (prounounced\u0026nbsp;\u0022Sherry\u0022)\u0026nbsp;will join GTRI on April 18 as the new Director of Communications.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GTRI Director Andrew Gerber announced that Cherry Z. Knox, (prounounced \u0022Sherry\u0022) will join GTRI on April 18 as the new Director of Communications."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-03-25 10:37:50","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:09","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-03-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-03-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"517511":{"id":"517511","type":"image","title":"Cherry Knox","body":null,"created":"1458924055","gmt_created":"2016-03-25 16:40:55","changed":"1475895282","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:42","alt":"Cherry Knox","file":{"fid":"205182","name":"cherry_knox.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cherry_knox_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cherry_knox_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":11560,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cherry_knox_0.jpeg?itok=TaiXZoMW"}}},"media_ids":["517511"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"415","name":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"},{"id":"416","name":"GTRI"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}