NBC Local Media New York Names Dawn Rowan Director of Communications

Dawn Rowan is the new director of communications for NBC Local Media New York, FishbowlNY reports.

Rowan will oversee communications and PR for all of NBC Local Media’s New york properties — including WNBC, NBCNewYork.com and NY NonStop. In a way, she fills the role of Anna Carbonell, who retired earlier this year.

However, Rowan said in an interview with PRNewser today that Carbonell had a more broad role at NBC and that she will be geared directly towards the publicity and communications function.

Rowan previously ran her own consulting firm, Rowan Communications, for clients that include Saatchi & Saatchi and Chipotle. “NBC is a great opportunity, it’s a great place to work and a great step for anyone in their career,” Rowan said, when asked about her decision to make the move.

“Having run my own business for the last year and change I had it in mind at some point to go back into a full time role and this was a position I couldn’t say no to.”