Candidate for Communications Director- Jose Pehovaz-Diez

About Jose

Q: Why should I be communications director for the great class of 1999?
 
A: When I experienced the camaraderie displayed at the reunion and I saw the friendships that have there for over 20 years, I knew that I wanted to help the class by volunteering for a position on the class board. I also wanted to highlight and communicate this fellowship to our classmates so I decided to volunteer for the position of communications director.  My opinion is that it would be great for our class to nurture and grow this unity over the next five years leading to another great reunion.  I started this commitment over the last year by volunteering to be part of the communications committee helping with outreach on the website, Facebook and Instagram account.
 
The communications program should continue with a spirit of accountability and transparency, getting the right information at the right time to the right people.  My vision for the communications program is a program with “tact, patience, justice, firmness, kindness and charity”. This does not mean we will never make mistakes or get some information wrong but we will strive to hold ourselves accountable and try to make things right.  
 
Initiatives that should be taken by the communications program over the next five years in no particular order:
 

• Build a communications committee that will support the communications vision 
• Transparency and accountability for what the board is doing for the class, continue release of the right information, at the right time and to the right people
• Continuing outreach on Facebook and Instagram (and other social media)
• Highlight our class accomplishments
• Review class website and how it is used to pass information to the class
• Reach out to company representatives to help pass information to the class
• Building outreach on existing USNA 99 LinkedIn private group
• Review conversation about the class legacy
• Work with the board to reach out to other classes to find out where our course is true and where we need to adjust 
• Formalize a feedback channel from the board to the class and vice versa

 
Relevant background:  Currently strategic action officer at COMOPTEVFOR, recently completed full stack web development at Flatiron School and studying for certification in digital marketing. 

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