Director, Communications and Marketing

John Valceanu

John Valceanu is NARA’s Director of Communications and Marketing, overseeing NARA's public and media communications, product development and internal communications. Before joining NARA in February 2016, John worked for the U.S. Department of Defense, where he led the teams that manage content on Defense.gov, DoD's official home page, and which produce news and feature articles for military newspapers and websites around the world.

In addition to DoD, John's government experience includes serving as acting director of Enterprise Web Management at the General Services Administration. He retired from the military after completing a 20-year combined active and reserve U.S. Army career as a public affairs specialist, including tours with the 82nd Airborne Division, the Southern European Task Force Infantry Brigade and on the staff of "Soldiers," the official magazine of the U.S. Army.

John has a bachelor's degree in liberal arts and creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College and a master's degree in public administration from Troy University.