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Diane Deffenbaugh

Assistant Director of Communications for the Office of Engagement
Diane Deffenbaugh
University Gateway Center
902 Prices Fork Road, Suite 120 (0265)
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Diane Deffenbaugh joined Outreach and International Affairs in 2018, where her role centers on raising awareness of the division's community engagement initiatives through a strategically integrated, digitally driven communications approach.

With a background in journalism spanning two decades, she has held roles at prominent newspapers in Pennsylvania and at The Roanoke Times in Virginia prior to coming to the university.

Deffenbaugh is an Indiana University of Pennsylvania graduate, where she earned a bachelor's degree in journalism.

Outside of work, she is an avid equestrian and a dedicated mom to a daughter, two dogs, two cats, and one horse.