Dee Dee Mozeleski is a 2023 Crain’s Notable in Advertising, Marketing & PR

Dee Dee Mozeleski, vice president of the Office of Institutional Advancement, Communications, and External Relations, executive director of the Foundation for City College and senior advisor to the president, is a 2023 Crain’s New York Business’ Notable Leaders in Advertising, Marketing & PR.

The editorial feature recognizes top leaders in advertising, marketing and public relations in the New York metro area. In 2021, Mozeleski was named a CASE District II Professional of the Year and a Crain’s New York Business’ Notable in Nonprofits and Philanthropy. 

Mozeleski has spent more than 30 years working in service to public higher education institutions, cultural programs, international agencies and government organizations. At City College, she is a member of the college's senior leadership team, the president's cabinet and serves on a variety of special committees, including the Task Force for the Future of City College.

Her responsibilities include philanthropic management of the Foundation for City College, stewarding and expanding the college's public profile, including the public launch of CCNY’s 175th anniversary campaign, workforce development activities, community engagement projects and management of campus emergency needs programs including Benny's Food Pantry—which has continued to serve all CUNY staff and students beyond its initial expansion during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

She is credited with merging two formerly independent organizations into one unified foundation, with a current total investment portfolio of more than $345 million dollars. This work happened during a college-wide transformation both internally and externally through public engagement. It is through her management that the college has been able to tell their true story of impact on students and alumni.  

Having worked with some of the largest non-profit organizations in New York City and around the world—with a focus on North America, the Middle East, and Africa—she has focused her career working as a public servant in support of causes that impact communities, in particular, those that have been traditionally underrepresented, on a global scale. 

Her work on major branding initiatives, including the rededication of The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, the development of the marketing initiative, “Science for the Benefit of Humanity,” crafted to speak to the global impact of the Weizmann Institute of Science, and her role in the establishment of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at City College are examples of her focus on identifying the things that better connect us as global citizens while ensuring longevity long after an initial public launch of marketing campaigns. 
 
A graduate of San Diego State University, Mozeleski currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) and is a long-standing member and mentor with the Public Relations Society of America, New York (PRSA), CASE District II and the Association of Fundraising Professionals. She also served as a board member of Women in Development, New York City, and Seeds of Africa Foundation, where she worked to help build a K-12 school in Adama, Ethiopia.

About the City College of New York
Since 1847, The City College of New York has provided a high-quality and affordable education to generations of New Yorkers in a wide variety of disciplines. CCNY embraces its position at the forefront of social change. It is ranked #1 by the Harvard-based Opportunity Insights out of 369 selective public colleges in the United States on the overall mobility index. This measure reflects both access and outcomes, representing the likelihood that a student at CCNY can move up two or more income quintiles. Education research organization Degree Choices ranks CCNY #1 nationally among universities for economic return on investment. In addition, the Center for World University Rankings places CCNY in the top 1.8% of universities worldwide in terms of academic excellence. Labor analytics firm Emsi puts at $1.9 billion CCNY’s annual economic impact on the regional economy (5 boroughs and 5 adjacent counties) and quantifies the “for dollar” return on investment to students, taxpayers and society. At City College, more than 15,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight schools and divisions, driven by significant funded research, creativity and scholarship. This year, CCNY launched its most expansive fundraising campaign, ever. The campaign, titled “Doing Remarkable Things Together” seeks to bring the College’s Foundation to more than $1 billion in total assets in support of the College mission. CCNY is as diverse, dynamic and visionary as New York City itself. View CCNY Media Kit.