MCC hires new marketing director

McHenry County College welcomes Christina Haggerty, director of Marketing and Public Relations.

Haggerty joins MCC with experience in marketing communications, event management, brand development and public relations. She will provide direction and leadership in marketing and public relations for the college, overseeing a staff of eight full-time professionals. She replaces Len Walker who accepted a similar position in Wisconsin.

Before joining MCC, Haggerty served as marketing director and strategic consultant for L.M. Dulye & Co. She also worked for three years at the American Marketing Association in Chicago, advancing from Marketing Manager to Director of Marketing. Previously, she worked as a national advertising and marketing manager for xpedx Stores Division in Chicago, as well as senior account manager for ad agency Robinson & Maites Inc. in Chicago.

She earned a masters degree in corporate communication and marketing from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and a bachelors degree in speech communication from Augustana College, Rock Island. She is a member of the American Marketing Association and Public Relations Society of America.

She resides in Woodstock with her husband, Mark, and their one-year-old daughter.