Mary Jo Matel Keating ’74 appointed secretary of the college and vice president for college relations

A Trinity alumna, Mary Jo Keating ’74, has joined the senior administration as secretary of the college and vice president for college relations. Since graduating from Trinity, Keating has made her career in communications, serving as director of communications for The DuPont Company, director of communications for Pioneer Hi-Bred Seed Company, communications director for Campbell Soup Company, vice president of corporate relations for Northeast Utilities, and vice president of corporate relations and president of the Foundation at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. She has also served as president of New Preston Communications and more recently as director of communications for Social Enterprise Trust. Keating has been actively involved with Trinity since her graduation—she has served on the Board of Fellows and was awarded the Trinity College Alumni Medal. She is a member of the Trinity Women’s Leadership Council.

In addition to her responsibilities as secretary of the college, she oversees the Office of Communications, the Career Development Center, and the Calendar and Events Office. She is also in charge of crisis communications.

Keating is married to Herbert Keating, III, Class of 1973, who is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and a partner of ProHealth Physicians, Inc. He practices and teaches internal medicine and geriatrics in Bloomfield, Connecticut, and holds a senior staff appointment at Hartford Hospital, where he has served on the Medical Staff Executive Committee.