Jeanne Fratello

Interim Senior Director, Integrated Internal Communications
The California State University

Jeanne Fratello

Jeanne Fratello is the Interim Senior Director of Integrated Internal Communications, where she coordinates communications and stories to be shared with CSU audiences. She is a long-time veteran of the CSU, having served as the speechwriter to two chancellors from 1998 until 2014. Between 2014 and 2022, she served as executive editor of a local news site before returning to the Chancellor's Office in 2023.

Prior to joining the CSU, she worked as a reporter in Washington D.C. covering congressional policy and later national education policy, with a focus on teacher preparation, college admissions, and the high school to college transition.