News Release

Donna Aurand (top), Rachael Bickerton (below) Click to Enlarge Images

Two new attorneys have been hired by Boise State University’s Office of General Counsel.

Donna Aurand has been named associate general counsel. She is primarily responsible for advising the Research Division of the university and for assisting the Office of General Counsel in protecting the university’s legal interests. Aurand comes to Boise State after 12 years at Colorado State University, where she most recently worked as deputy general counsel and as an instructor in the College of Applied Human Sciences. She has also worked in private practice in Fort Collins, Colo., at the firm of Johnson and Johnson.

Rachael Bickerton has been named director of trademark licensing and enforcement. Her responsibilities include authorizing the use of the university’s name and logo and ensuring proper use of the university’s service marks, trademarks and verbiage. Bickerton comes to Boise State from SonyBMG Entertainment in London, where she was vice president of commercial division/legacy recordings. She also has experience at Warner Strategic Marketing Group/Rhino Entertainment in Los Angeles and BMG Strategic Marketing Group in New York.

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Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu

Boise State University is emerging as a metropolitan research university of distinction. This transformation is being powered by the university’s first comprehensive campaign to support its people, places and programs. That’s why the campaign to raise $175 million in private support is called Destination Distinction.


 

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