- Class of 1984
- Fashion Merchandising
- Family & Consumer Sciences
Posted on November 10, 2009 in Careers
Ana Hays (’84, BS) was recently promoted to director of marketing and communications at Hospice of the Valley in San Jose, California where she is directing the organizations re-branding initiative, external communications, clinical outreach and referral development, and sponsorship and fundraising efforts to support educational program outreach. Previously, Hays worked in academia where she led executive education programs and fund development events at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business as the associate director of conferences and special events and at Stanford Law School as the director of executive education. For Hewlett-Packard Company and Agilent Technologies she managed the internal employee volunteer fundraising campaigns raising greater than $18 million in employee/corporate contributions for a multitude of charities. During her tenure at the Chicago Historical Society, she managed the volunteer boards and their fund development efforts. With a creative and business writing background, Hays’ writing has appeared in Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul, Walnut Creek Magazine, Sybase Magazine and other publications. She is the former columnist and associate publisher of Maui Vision Magazine. Additionally Hays has worked with and promoted best-selling author Alan Cohen, as well as inspirational authors and motivational speakers such as Dr. Wayne Dyer and Sonja Choquette.
