As the senior director of strategic communications at Cal State Fullerton, Mahi oversees the day-to-day operations of editorial, news media, social media and web and visual elements within Cal State Fullerton’s Strategic Communications department. His passion is digital media. Mahi and his award-winning digital team have won several CASE awards over the years for social media and digital storytelling including a Grand Gold in 2022 for a video series called The Talk: A Journey Toward Anti-Racism.  Before joining the university in March 2012, he had a 30-year career in journalism as a reporter and editor at several Southern California newspapers including the Orange County Register and the Press Enterprise. During his newspaper career, he oversaw and implemented many of the digital platforms at The Press-Enterprise including the newspaper’s web and social media presence. Mahi is a Cal State Fullerton alum living the dream in Orange County.