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Price Joins Alumni Agencies as Associate Editor
Price
Mary Lanford Price joined the VMI Alumni Agencies in October 2021 as associate editor. Before coming to the Alumni Agencies, Price served as a writer and photographer for the VMI Office of Communications and Marketing since 2012. In that position, she wrote extensively about cadets, faculty, and events on post and captured some great photos for the Institute.
Before working with C&M, Price served as a newspaper reporter and college instructor, as well as managing editor of a newspaper in Stanardsville, Virginia. She has won more than 10 Virginia Press Association awards over the past 20 years. A native of Rockbridge County, Price earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sweet Briar College and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Alabama, both in English.
“Mary brings almost a decade of institutional knowledge with her as she moves over to Moody Hall from Smith Hall,” said Jordan Whitman, Alumni Agencies editor-in-chief. “We are so excited to have her join the team as she begins to work with class agents and the alumni who will serve as subjects for her articles.”
Shanks Joins Alumni Association as Program Outreach Officer
Bridget Shanks joined the VMI Alumni Association in November 2021 as a program outreach officer.
Shanks comes to the Alumni Association by way of Cameron Hall and VMI athletics, where she most recently served as the assistant athletic director for tickets and marketing. In this role, she managed ticket sales and operations for Keydet football and basketball, oversaw the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, and supported various department operational needs.
Before her 2018 arrival at the Institute as director of tickets and marketing, Shanks was the graduate assistant for the James Madison University Duke Club. In this position, she helped to support the operational needs of the athletics fundraising arm, interfacing with donors through event planning and premium seating opportunities, gift processing, benefit facilitation, and student and young alumni giving.
A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, native, Shanks earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication and kinesiology: sport studies from the University of New Hampshire and a Master of Science degree in sport and recreation leadership from JMU.
“We are thrilled to welcome Bridget to our team,” said Thom Brashears ’95, Alumni Association chief operating officer. “The combination of her talent, expertise, and knowledge of VMI will allow us to take our new outreach efforts to the next level. She knows VMI alumni, and she knows the cadets and the post. Bridget will be a true asset.”
