As the Communications & Marketing Manager, Caroline Orth oversees statewide communications and marketing strategy for the NC AHEC Program Office. Caroline brings professional writing and brand development experience in both higher education and nonprofit settings to the team.

Caroline joined the Program Office from the Department of Allied Health Sciences in the UNC School of Medicine, where she supported departmental communications projects and clinical education initiatives. Previously, Caroline completed internships at several literary arts nonprofit organizations on the East Coast, including Split This Rock in Washington, D.C., where she managed the rebranding of their youth programs division and developed marketing kits to promote program offerings and curriculum resources to public school administrators.

A Baltimore native, Caroline earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and a Certificate in Publishing from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. There, she served as an editorial assistant for Lookout Books, supporting grant writing projects and developing marketing collateral for industry conferences.

Caroline joined the Program Office in August 2019.