Carole Gieseke

Chief Communications Officer
Annual Member

(515) 294-6560
cgieseke@alumni.iastate.edu

Carole joined the staff in 1997 after 15 years as Northwest Missouri State University’s director of publications. She serves as the editor of VISIONS, the Alumni Association’s quarterly magazine. Carole also oversees production of the events calendar and all other Alumni Association publications, branding, and image initiatives.

About Carole

Hometown: Born and raised in Independence, Mo., a suburb of Kansas City and home of Harry Truman. Except for a couple of years elsewhere in Missouri, I lived in Maryville, Mo., from 1977 until moving to Ames in 1997.
Favorite ISU tradition: The swans, Lancelot and Elaine
Favorite food: I'm a vegetarian, and I love fresh Iowa produce in the summer! I also love fresh-baked bread and pastries and really good cheese.
What I like about my job: I love almost everything about my job, but one of my favorite things to do is to dream and plan an issue of VISIONS, and then watch it become a reality in the hands of talented writers, photographers, and designers.
In my spare time, I like to: Walk and hike. (I love Iowa's bike trails and state parks!)
Something unique that most people don't know about me: Oh, brother! Where to begin? There's the weird thing about me living in a funeral home for a short time when I was a little kid because my dad was a funeral director. (I was a hit with pre-pubescent boys because I had seen lots of dead bodies.) ... Um, I once drank a beer with humor writer Dave Barry ... I have one thing in common with Admissions Director Marc Harding: I do a mean imitation of Tigger ... I love Broadway musicals and saw my 38th show in New York in 2007 ... If I could have one wish, it would be to have a big, Broadway-caliber singing voice and be able to go on stage and belt out a show-stopper! Alas, I can't carry a tune.