David A. Agresti,
Director of Institutional Advancement
29 years in the field of advertising/marketing –
4 years at MPS

• Studied at Edinboro University, Mercyhurst College and Penn State - Behrend
• AFP Member in good standing (Association of Fundraising Professionals)
• Moderator for the MPS Visual Media Club
• Created the Mercyhurst Prep A.D.V.O.C.A.T.E. Program and Memory Tile Scholarship Project
• Corporate identity manager for successful mayorial candidate, Joyce Savocchio
• 2-time Gold Award recipient - print/web, Erie Advertising Club
• 12-time Silver Award recipient – print/video/web/new media/animation, Erie Advertising Club
• Served as senior graphic designer/web developer for STI Creative a division of Snap-tite Inc.
• Has produced and illustrated publications for distribution in several languages worldwide.
• Owned Erie Design & Graphic, an advertising/marketing firm
• Served as Director of Graphic Services, Mercyhurst College
• Served as Creative Art Director, Jack O’Brien Advertising
• Served as Creative Director and managing partner, Bay City Biker Magazine
• Served as chairperson for the annual Discover Presque Isle event
• Corporate identity author for Smith Provision Company, Inc., and co-author of corporate identity for Amsco, Inc.
• Served as a search engine optimization professional
• Lectured at numerous college and universities in Erie, Crawford and Mercer Counties
• Has conducted numerous instructional training seminars and sessions as relating to sales & marketing techniques and practices
• Has mastered several industry specific programs for publication, web, illustration, animation and research including: Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop, ImageReady, iMovie, InDesign, PageMaker, Quark Xpress, ImageStyler, Contribute, GoLive and Audacity.  He also has a good working knowledge of Illustrator, Office, Acrobat Pro & RaisersEdge.

• 21 years Administrative experience-
  • 13 years at Quinn Law Firm
  • 4 years at Erie Insurance
  • 4 years at City of Erie, Mayor’s Office
• CelebrateErie event coordinator
• Co-event coordinator for Catholic Charities Ball from 2002-2008
• Serve on Mercy Center for Women
• Serve on Mercy Center for the Arts
• Served on the Erie Community Foundation, Fund for New Leadership

• Graduation Coordinator
• Worked forTri-County Intermediate Unit-Assistant to MPS Guidance Counselor
• Wedding photographer for Lorei Studios
• Worked at Sarah Reed Retirement Home-Office Staff
• Former secretary to the President of Erie branch of Prudential Bache Investment Company
• Member of Diversity Committee at MPS
• Proud parent of four MPS graduates (Jeremy, Danielle, Nicole, and Matthew)
• Proud Grandma of Nora and Mariela
• Graduate of Tech Memorial High School/School of Business

• MPS alumna
• BA Mercyhurst College + 18 post graduate credits
• Member of the Alumni Executive Board
• CASA Volunteer
• Parent of two MPS graduates

• Sister of Mercy for 23 years
• Board member of Mercy Center of the Arts
• Board member of Mercy Volunteer Corps
• Member of NyPPaW Sustainability committee
• Member of Erie Green Team
• Community photographer
• Volunteer at Therapeutic Riding of Erie County
• Former co-vocation director
• Former Mercy Volunteer Corps director
• Mercy Volunteer Corps member on the Navajo reservation for two years and one year as assistant to social worker at the Martin Luther King Center