B.A., St. Bonaventure University
Kate Torok is the director of marketing and communications at St. John Fisher University, where she has worked since 2010. She serves as the principal brand ambassador for Fisher, leading the team who develops integrated communications strategies and tactics, the University’s website and social media platforms, brand awareness and admissions marketing and advertising campaigns; as well as oversees alumni outreach, development support; and creating publications and periodicals, among other projects.
She is a passionate advocate for organizations that support children and young adults facing cancer, and is a staunch supporter - and former employee - of Camp Good Days and Special Times. She is a former board member of 13thirty Cancer Connect and in 2024, joined the Camp Good Days Board of Directors. Torok also serves as the co-president of Penfield's Bay Trail Middle School Parent Teacher Association and served as the newsletter editor and chair of the Scholarship Committee of the Parent Teacher Association at Cobbles Elementary School in Penfield for many years. She is also a member of the Rochester Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.
Torok has been the recipient of the PRSA Rising Star Award, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Cameo Volunteer Award, and Camp Good Days and Special Times Teddi Award. Most recently, she was inducted into Camp Good Days' Ring of Honor for her years of volunteerism and commitment to the organization.
At Fisher, she received the Freshman “Rookie of the Year” Award in 2011, and received the Lou Buttino Faculty and Staff Award in 2016 and the Paul Klee Award in 2023, both given by the Teddi Dance for Love Committee each year. In 2018, she was a recipient of the Rochester Business Journal Forty Under 40 Award. Finally, the marketing and communications team received the inaugural Great Group Award in 2018, presented by the University’s Staff Recognition Committee.
A native of Syracuse, Torok graduated from St. Bonaventure University’s Russell Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. Torok maintains her own blog, More Than a Mom.