Southcoast Health System has promoted Joyce Faria Brennan to Director of Marketing & Public Relations after serving as Southcoast’s Public Information Officer for the past 11 years.

In her new role, Brennan oversees marketing, advertising and public relations for Southcoast’s three hospitals — Charlton Memorial, St. Luke’s and Tobey hospitals — its physician practices, the Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care and Southcoast VNA.

Brennan has more than 20 years experience in the marketing and public relations fields with a strong background in journalism. Before joining Southcoast she held the position of Director of Marketing & Public Relations at Kathy Morgan International (KMI) in Los Angeles.

Prior to that she worked at two of Boston’s top PR agencies, DeeDee Chereton & Associates and Agnew, Carter, McCarthy. She began her career as a reporter at The Patriot Ledger in Quincy.

Brennan holds a Bachelor of Science in Journalism with a concentration in Public Relations from Northeastern University in Boston.

She is a member of the Public Relations Society of America and the New England Society for Healthcare Communications.

Brennan resides in Tiverton, Rhode Island with her husband, Peter, and three children, Joseph, Kelly, and Jocelyn.