Janet Kacskos

Background

About Janet Kacskos

Janet Kacskos, APR, Fellow PRSA, is the communications director for Millersville University. She has been with the University since March of 2005. Kacskos has more than 20 years of public relations experience, serving as director of communications for Metropolitan State College of Denver and National University in San Diego. She was also a working journalist and has experience in high tech PR, assisting Fortune 500 clients. Her expertise is in crisis PR, media training, media relations, executive writing, communications counsel and strategy and social media. Kacskos has been active in the Public Relations Society of America for many years and served on the national board from 2014-2016. She served on the board for the Mid-Atlantic District of PRSA from 2019- 2022. She was president of both the Salt Lake City Chapter and the Central Pennsylvania Chapter. She also served on the Universal Accreditation Board for seven years. In 2014 she received the Leuschner Award, established to recognize public relations leaders in Pennsylvania. In her free time, Kacskos provides PR help to non-profits, including Conflict Resolution Services and the Center for Community Peacemaking, both in Lancaster, Pa. She also enjoys golfing and hiking. She is an alumna of the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she received a bachelor’s degree in journalism and from the University of Colorado, Denver, where she received a master’s degree in communication.