Mark Lodato leads undergraduate recruitment and retention efforts and supervises the Cronkite School’s broadcast and sports curriculum. His duties also include leadership of academic services and student success, establishing new media partnerships and development. Since joining the Cronkite School in 2006, Lodato has established new partnerships with leading media corporations including NBC News, ABC News, Univision, Meredith Corporation, Scripps Corporation, Fox Sports Arizona, the Pac-12 Networks and Cox Communications. He is the 2014 recipient of the ASU Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Curricular Innovation and a member of the Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy class of 2013.