Vett Petty

Name: Vett Petty Picture of Faculty/Staff Member
Alumni Of:
  • School of Public Policy
Degree(s):
  • M.S. PUBP 2015
  • B.S. LMC 2013
Current Job: Director of Marketing & Communications for Achieve Atlanta; Founder of VKV Communications LLC
Biography:

Born in Atlanta, Vett is passionate about improving educational equity in the city. Vett guides the organization’s comprehensive communication strategy and stewards Achieve Atlanta’s brand such that it represents both impact and influence in the educational equity and access to opportunity spaces. Vett has experience in strategic communications, public engagement, digital communications, and photography in both government and non-profit sectors. She earned her B.S. in Literature, Media, and Communications and her M.S. in Public Policy, with concentrations in Education and Health Policy, from Georgia Tech. Vett also earned a Spanish minor, and speaks Spanish. Before joining Achieve Atlanta, Vett was the Director of Communications at GEEARS: Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students. She has worked in the communications offices at the University System of Georgia, the City of Atlanta, and the Office of the Governor. In 2013, she founded her own communications consulting and photography business, VKV Communications LLC, and still maintains that company today. Vett is a graduate of the 2017-2018 GPEE Education Policy Fellowship Program, and Vett was selected by the Atlanta Regional Commission as one of 55 community leaders to join the 2018 Regional Leadership Institute.