INDIANAPOLIS, IN–Alpha Epsilon Pi International Fraternity (AEPi), a leading Jewish college fraternity, has hired Jonathan Pierce, APR, an experienced communications professional who has also served as the fraternity’s international president, as its chief communications officer. In the newly created role, Pierce will have responsibility for developing and implementing enterprise-wide internal and external communications strategies while managing the communications department.

Previously, Pierce owned and managed one of upstate New York’s public relations firms, Pierce Communications, where for more than 20 years he developed and implemented communications strategies for a variety of clients, issues and candidates.

After graduating from Vanderbilt University in 1986, Pierce worked as a chapter consultant for AEPi, traveling the country and helping chapters grow while starting new chapters, mainly on the west coast. He received his master’s degree in business administration from The Ohio State University in 1990 and worked for several public relations agencies in Ohio and New York before launching Pierce Communications in 2003.