Alumni Advocates of the Year

Jeanie Esajian
California State University, Sacramento

Jeanie Esajian has been representing Sacramento State’s Alumni Association on the CSU Statewide Alumni Council since 2004, and currently chairs its Program Committee. Previously, she served on its Government Relations Committee and has participated in several CSU Legislative Days. She is a past president of the Sacramento State Alumni Association and has served on its Board of Directors since 2001, working chiefly in the area of membership development.

Esajian has worked in the marketing and communications field for more than 20 years and is currently chief of the communications and public outreach unit of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, where she manages communications to news media and efforts to engage stakeholders in the program. She has extensive experience in private sector healthcare marketing and communications. Prior to her work in marketing and communications, she was a news media reporter for two newspapers and a wire service, and served as a correspondent for several national publications.

In addition to her volunteer work for the CSU and Sacramento State, Esajian is active in the State Information Officer’s Council, where she spearheads the group’s student scholarship program at Sacramento State. She received her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Fresno State and her master’s degree in communication studies from Sacramento State.