Maris Bish,
Specialist, Marketing and Communication
mbish<at>cfsinnovation.com
tel: 312.881.5847
fax: 312.881.5802
Maris Bish is CFSI’s Specialist, Marketing and Communication. In this position, Ms. Bish is responsible for external communication channels such as the monthly newsletter, the website, webinar marketing and mass email campaigns. This often entails drafting and generating marketing materials for a diverse set of events and promotions, and supporting the communications team with the production and design of a variety of projects. Additionally, she is responsible for tracking CFSI’s impact through media hits, surveys and various other forms of measurement.
Prior to her position at CFSI, Ms. Bish was a Communications Associate at Science journal in Washington D.C. In this role, Ms. Bish was in charge of assembling and distributing a weekly press package to over 5,000 journalists throughout the world. She was also responsible for choosing images and writing captions for breaking science news that were eventually displayed on websites such as CNN, BBC, The Washington Post and more. Ms. Bish also worked in the editorial department at Science, assisting editors with bringing exemplary science manuscripts to publication.
Ms. Bish holds a B.A. in English and a minor in Fine Arts and Art History from The George Washington University in Washington D.C. She volunteers with her alumni association and at the Lincoln Park Zoo in her spare time.