Joan Concannon
Joan Concannon is the University of York’s Director of External Relations, and a member of the University's Executive Board. She is responsible for a portfolio of responsibilities, spanning regional, national, and global reputation, as well as UK based and global student recruitment, philanthropy, alumni relations, communications, marketing, stakeholder relations, public affairs, and income generation. She is also the co-founding Director of York Festival of Ideas, a proud partner of Jaipur Literature Festival. She is a founding Director of the city's Management Destination Organisation, Make it York. She is an elected member of the Royal Institute of Philosophy and is a co-opted Non Fellow member of the Royal Academy of Engineering's External Affairs Committee.
