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Government and External Relations Staff

​​​​​Toby RothToby Roth, Vice President, Government & External Relations   
rothj1t@cmich.edu

Toby is responsible for working with the Michigan Legislature to improve annual state higher education funding for CMU. Toby also:

  • identifies other areas of the budget able to provide funds to specific CMU programs.
  • tracks various pieces of legislation that could have an impact on CMU programs,
  • works as a liaison to introduce the president, vice presidents, deans and other CMU personnel to Lansing policymakers, and
  • invites legislators and members of the administration to the Mount Pleasant campus so that policymakers better understand the university’s mission and vision.

Toby also works with the Michigan Congressional Delegation on a daily basis in an effort to raise the profile of CMU in Washington, D.C. He has accompanied numerous faculty to Washington in an effort to increase federal support for various CMU programs. He has also brought several federal officials to the CMU campus in an effort to inform and educate them about CMU’s mission and research efforts. Toby joined the CMU team in 2001. 

 

Megan MorrisMegan Morris, Director, Government Relations
gill1mm@cmich.edu

Megan Morris brings experience working in Michigan Legislative leadership offices back to her alma mater, where she has a presence both in Mount Pleasant and in Lansing.

As part of the team advocating for Higher Education appropriations funding, and a resource for elected officials who have questions regarding the university, Megan is constantly working to connect policy makers and appropriators with our partners on campus.  Recollecting her own time as a CMU student and intern in Lansing, Megan has a passion for mentoring students and connecting them with opportunities to learn as an intern in the capital.  

Megan has a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Public Administration from CMU. She joined the Government and External Relations team in 2019.

 

 

Angie Armstrong, Assistant to the VP                                                                                                                                     
messe1am@cmich.edu

Angie joined the CMU Government Relations staff in the spring of 2012. She coordinates Government Relations activities from the Mount Pleasant office.    

Angie has a Bachelor of Applied Arts from CMU and has worked on-campus since 2001.