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Norman Brust
Mr. Brust received his BBA - advertising major - from Baruch in 1955. Since then, his entire career has been spent in the fields of marketing, advertising and public relations. For most of that time he has focused on the telecommunications and information technology industries. He worked for WorldCom when it was a start-up division of ITT, for MCI when it first began operations in the early 70's and, most recently, for Contel Corp. which merged with GTE in 1991 and then with Bell Atlantic to become Verizon. His last position with Contel was VP Corporate Communications with responsibility for public relations, corporate advertising, investor relations, employee communications and corporate giving. As a corporate officer, he also participated in all strategic planning activities.
Mr. Brust has been a member of the Baruch College Alumni Association Board of Directors and currently serves on its marketing committee. He is participating in the College's Executives-on-Campus program, has been a judge in the College's Entrepreneurship Competition since its inception, and is also a member of the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute's Business Advisory Council. He is a former president of the Institute for Retired Professionals at the New School University. He is a member of the University Club of New York and has served on its governing council. He is an avid billiards player and is currently president of the New York Club Billiards Association. He has a small marketing consulting practice and numbers Polytechnic University among his clients.
Additional career data: VP marketing at Network Analysis Corp. (data network design); Account exec at two New York-based ad agencies; Sales promotion manager at Standard Motor Products (automotive); Corp. advtg. Mgr. At General Precision (aerospace, ind'l control); Community relations specialist & journalist (US Army, Germany)