Former TV Reporter Named PR Director at St. Philip's College

St. Philip's College has named former News 4 WOAI-TV reporter Matari Jones-Gunter as the new college director of Community and Public Relations.

Jones-Gunter graduated from NEISD’s Roosevelt High School in San Antonio in 1989. In 1993, she earned a B.A. in Journalism and a double minor in Spanish and Marketing from Texas A&M University.

Jones-Gunter began her duties, which include public relations for St. Philip’s College main campus and its Southwest campus, on May 29.

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