Meet the Staff
Tracy Syler-Jones
Vice Chancellor for Marketing & Communication
Tracy has responsibility for all day-to-day tactical planning and implementation of TCU’s marketing and communication initiatives and coordination of the marketing and communication staff work. She also works with an integrated marketing team to develop communication strategies for the university’s schools and colleges to advance and support TCU’s institutional goals. She oversees planning and implementation of university advertising, guides the development and implementation of new media in relation to marketing and communication, oversees a campus-wide marketing task force and serves on the university’s administrative cabinet. Tracy began her career in communications as a journalist writing television news for a CBS affiliate. Prior to TCU, she was the Director of Communications for the corporate office of the Birmingham, Ala., YMCA. She received her bachelor degree in journalism with an emphasis in radio/television news from San Diego State University.
t.syler-jones@tcu.edu
817.257.7810
Gayla Todd
Executive Assistant
Gayla serves as the executive assistant for the Vice Chancellor for Marketing & Communication. In this capacity she supports the Vice Chancellor by coordinating activities, schedules and flow of information; overseeing the budget and managing equipment inventories. She also coordinates the daily office operations of the Office of Communications where her duties include electronically gathering and archiving TCU news clips, maintaining the University's online calendar, arranging faculty photo shoots, and assisting with numerous internal publications and events. She came to TCU with a degree in child development and 25 years of experience as assistant director of a pre-Kindergarten program in Fort Worth.
g.todd@tcu.edu
817.257.7810