Christine Hutchins

Chief Marketing & Communications Officer

650-644-9329

chutchins@stmarys-ca.edu

Christine Hutchins has served as the Chief Marketing/Communications Officer in the Office of Marketing and Communications at Saint Mary’s College of California since July 2022 and reports directly to the President. Hutchins is responsible for elevating the College’s reputation and brand equity by promoting its rich traditions and accomplishments of its faculty, students, staff and alumni. For over 17 years within higher education, she has overseen internal and external communications, crisis communications and media relations, university news/storytelling, social media, digital marketing, web communications, photography, videography, university magazine, executive communications, community/government relations, and sponsorships.

Hutchins previously served at San Jose State University as the Senior Associate Vice President for Strategic Communications and Marketing, San Diego State University as the Associate Vice President for Strategic Communications and Marketing/Chief Communications Officer, and at Mount Holyoke College as Vice President for Marketing and Communications. In addition, she served eight years as Stanford University’s Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Relations responsible for marketing, communications, revenue-generation including ticket sales, sponsorships and donor-engagement. Prior to Stanford University, Hutchins served in various leadership capacities across a number of industries from investment banking, consumer products, nonprofits, and startups.

Hutchins earned her BA in Economics and Public Policy from the University of Chicago and her MBA in Strategic Management Consulting and Marketing from MIT Sloan School of Management.