Carol Gniady
Director of Public Relations

Carol Gniady is a New Orleans native with many years experience in communications and marketing. Prior to joining Delgado Community College Carol was the executive director of the New Orleans Film Society, where she was responsible for managing operations, fund raising, marketing, and staging the annual New Orleans Film Festival, Gala, and other events throughout the year. Before taking the helm at NOFS, she worked at Monkey Hill Records, managing nationally distributed projects for an artist roster including Cowboy Mouth, Continental Drifters, The Bluerunners, and many others. She had also served previously as a manager at International Marketing Systems, crafting and overseeing regional field marketing and communications programs for corporate clients, including Texaco/Southeastern Region. Earlier in her career she was WWL-TV Channel 4’s Creative Services writer/producer, making commercials for local advertisers and producing short programs including the Saturday morning Kid’s News show. Prior to working in television, she served as promotions director for WQUE AM/FM radio, developing listener-building promotions and marketing programs, and before that, she produced news and talk show programs for WGSO AM News-Talk radio. In addition, she covered the local music scene as a columnist for Wavelength magazine from 1984 to 1988.  

Carol was a second chance student, obtaining her B.A. in Communication Studies in 1990 from Loyola University (cum laude) after having dropped out of college and working for ten years in broadcasting. She currently holds memberships in the New Orleans Chapter of the Advertising Club, the New Orleans Chapter of the American Marketing Association, and supports through memberships the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the New Orleans Film Society, the Preservation Resource Center, the Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association, and the Louisiana SPCA. Likes:  local music, gardening, Iyengar yoga, movies, Ogden after Hours and art galleries, and patronage of restaurants and businesses in the French Quarter/Marigny/Bywater neighborhoods.

I like working at Delgado because …

… I feel as though I am helping my city, and beyond, by reaching those individuals who could best be served and whose lives would most likely improve through the training, education, and services offered at Delgado. 

If I won the lottery I would …

… create and market an education program for responsible pet ownership, emphasizing the importance of spaying and neutering to control stray cat and dog populations. If possible, I’d also give the necessary funds to Delgado to renovate the theatre, with an orchestra pit—how about it, the Carol Gniady Theatre of Performing Arts? I might quit my job, too, to do more traveling and also invest in real estate.