BATON ROUGE — Rannah Gray has been promoted to the position of senior associate athletic director in the LSU athletic department, athletic director Joe Dean announced on Tuesday.
Gray, who has served as associate athletic director for marketing and promotions since 1992, will assume the additional responsibility of supervising all radio and television operations for the LSU athletic department.
“Rannah Gray has been one of the most valuable members of this department since she joined LSU 10 years ago,” said Dean.? “She has engineered the growth of one of the most profitable marketing programs in college athletics and her management skills have made her a critical cog in our operation.? This is a well-deserved promotion.”
Gray will continue to be responsible for all activities involving sales, marketing, event promotions, special promotions, advertising and ticket office operations.
Gray joined the athletic department in 1990 and served one year as director of marketing and promotions before being promoted to assistant athletic director in April of 1991. ? In December of 1992, she was elevated to associate AD.
In 1998, she was honored for her work in the marketing community when she was named the Marketer of the Year in Baton Rouge as selected by Sales and Marketing Executives International.
A native of Chatawa, Miss., and a graduate of St. Mary of the Pines Academy, Gray earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism from LSU in 1976 and her master’s degree in journalism in 1978.
Gray, who has managed several local and statewide political campaigns, served as the undersecretary of management and finance for the Louisiana Secretary of State from 1980-88.? She became a partner in a Baton Rouge marketing and public relations firm in 1988 whose clients included health care facilities, non-profit organizations and several elected officials in Louisiana.
While employed in the Secretary of State’s office, she supervised the department’s public information division, represented the department on the Louisiana Tourism Commission and helped coordinate the department’s annual legislative package.