Speakers

Our high-quality speakers are essential to ensuring our events engage audiences and provide relevant, up-to-date and innovative content for our delegates. If you are an innovator or influencer in your field, or know someone who is, please apply below.

Gus Bolognesi

Director of growth and channel management

Net Natives

Becca Adams

Director of social media marketing, public relations and communications

South University and Studio Enterprise

Shane Baglini

Senior director, marketing

Muhlenberg College

Blake Bedsole

Associate vice-chancellor for enrolment management

Troy University

Lauren Benning-Williams

Managing director, communications and marketing, School of Engineering and Applied Science

George Washington University

Brianna Blackburn

Assistant director of social media

Bowling Green State University

Eboni Britt

Executive director, strategic communications and initiatives

Syracuse University

Christie Campbell

Vice-president for marketing and communications

St. Edward's University

Chuck Carney

Senior director, reputation and issues management

Carnegie Mellon University

Kenneth Carter

Founding director, Emory Center for Public Scholarship and Engagement

Emory University

Erica Colaianne

Director of social media

University of Michigan

Marlin Collingwood

Vice-president of enrolment management and marketing

Point Park University

Chris Cook

Assistant dean for enrolment management and marketing

Texas Tech University College of Media and Communication

Michael Corsey

Social media manager

Inside Higher Ed

Angelique Daniels

Director, marketing strategy and research

Kent State University

Sabrina Debrosse

Senior assistant director of communications

Harvard University

Maria DeCabooter

Assistant director, NAU social media

Northern Arizona University

Heather Ducote

Senior director of marketing and brand management

Virginia Tech

Shannon Durkin

Senior director of research communications

University of Pittsburgh

Katie Falcone

Content marketing manager

University of California Santa Barbara

Colleen Flaherty

Senior Editor for Special Content

Inside Higher Ed

Elissa Fontenot

Director of digital marketing

Texas State University

Jenny Fowler

directory of social media strategy

MIT

Karla Fung

Director of social media

University of California, Davis 

Freeman Hrabowski

President emeritus

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Christina Inge

Digital infrastructure manager

Brandeis University Innovation Center

Vicky Irwin

Senior director of consultancy services

THE

Tracy Jackson

Executive director of marketing

Duquesne University

Malena Johnson

Marketing director

Western Governors University

Maree Jones

Director of social media strategy

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Patrick Kelly

Web content manager

Harper College

Myrannda Kleckner

Social media manager

Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences

Karina Kogan

Vice-president partnership development

Education Dynamics

Chris Kormis

President

Kormis Strategic Consulting

Christopher LaFuria

Digital communications director

Pennsylvania Western University

Alistair Lawrence

Head of branded content

THE

Jamie Lewis

Senior social media manager

University of Georgia

Jon McBride

Associate athletic director for communications and media strategy

Brigham Young University

Holly Mendelson

Publisher and co-owner

Insight Into Diversity

Stephen Milleson

Director of integrated and digital marketing

Virginia Tech

Carrie Mills

Social media manager

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Rajeeshwaran Moorthy

Adjunct professor

Hult International Business School

Matt Nazario-Miller

Communications manager, university human resources

Stanford University

Acacia O'Connor

Executive director, social media

University of Pittsburgh

Josselyn Partida

Digital strategy specialist

California State University Northridge

Jody Perrin

Account director

Net Natives

Danielle Perry

Assistant vice president of marketing and communications strategy

Babson College

Carrie Phillips

Chief communications and marketing officer

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Sallie Poggi

Chief communications officer

University of the Pacific

Christian Ponce

Associate vice-president for marketing

Old Dominion University

Devin Purgason

Executive director of marketing and student care

Forsyth Technical Community College

Jennifer Radke

Chief executive officer

National Institute for Social Media

Jamie Ramacciotti

Director of events

THE

Stephanie Ramirez

Director of social and new media

Amherst College

Rose Ravasio

Media and communications manager

Duquesne University

Carlos Samano Ramirez

Senior director of strategic enrolment and retention communications

Arizona State University

Rachel Simmons

Account supervisor

Live Wire Strategic Communications

Margaret Simonis

Vice-president and dean, school of Business

Western Governors University

Jennifer Smith

Assistant director for parent and family engagement

Duquesne University

Laura Snyder

Senior director of research communications

Carnegie Mellon University

Dylan Spangler

Sales director

Crimtan

Mark Sudbury

Head of reputation

THE

Patty Swisher

Assistant vice president of marketing and communications

Duquesne University

Lawerence Synett

Social media manager

Johns Hopkins University Advanced Academic Programs

Jake Terry

Social media director

Louisiana State University

RJ Thompson

Manager of digital strategy – health sciences

University of Pittsburgh

Todd Thompson

Senior director of institutional branding

Inside Higher Ed

LeeAnn Tripp

Director, brand & channel strategy

Penn State World Campus

Erin Ward

Head of digital sales and client experience

Glacier Communications at NextGrad

Gabriel Welsch

Vice-president, marketing and communications

Duquesne University

TJ Winick

Principal

Essex Strategies LLC

Sam Woodson

Senior director of enrollment marketing strategy

Babson College

Brad Wucher

Vice-president of marketing and communications

Marian University

Julie Zito

Assistant vice-president for marketing

American University

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