Ryan Yoch is the assistant communications manager for The Tow Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation in September 2020, Ryan was an assistant account executive at McCann New York, where he helped create and implement multimedia advertising campaigns.

In his role, Ryan is responsible for developing, executing and supporting strategic communications and other activities to advance The Tow Foundation’s goals and objectives. Working closely with the Foundation’s staff, consultants, grantee partners and media representatives, Ryan captures, shares and promotes information, stories and lessons learned from the Foundation’s areas of investment in Connecticut, New York and nationally.

Ryan is a steering committee member for the New York chapter of the Communications Network. He is also a volunteer with two nonprofits promoting LGBTQ+ liberation, the Queer Detainee Empowerment Project and the New York City Anti-Violence Project. In his free time, he enjoys cooking, writing and exploring the outdoors in his colorblind-correcting sunglasses.

A proud Hoya, Ryan graduated from Georgetown University in 2019 with a B.A. in government and minors in business administration and Arabic.