Marie Adolphe, Ed.D., Mba, Sphr Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

Led 4 reports to deliver programs providing undergraduate students opportunities in marketing. Partnered with CEO and Board to identify programmatic opportunities. Co-developed strategies with CEO and VP Finance to attract, connect and serve 3 constituencies: student participants, academic institutions, and employers. Designed, introduced, updated, and executed programs. Reported to CEO/President.MISSION / PRIVATE INDUSTRY, ACADEMIC & STUDENT CONNECTION: Connected academics, marketing professionals, and students, enabling academia to update marketing instruction, introducing employers to talent, and assisting students to find employment.SR. LEADERSHIP: Provided thought leadership to/with CEO, President, and Board of Trustees around trends in higher education, talent development, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. FUNDRAISING SUPPORT: Collaborated with CEO to develop pitch decks and participated in fundraising meetings to assist CEO & President in cultivating new funder relationships.STUDENT ENGAGEMENT: Created student programs to develop diverse, inclusive marketing leaders. Led programmatic agenda for students and academics. Developed program and scholarship budgets up to $1M per program annually.STUDENT CAREER FORUMS: Recruited local professionals to speak and network with up to 400 students from up to 60 geographically local colleges/universities for 1/2-day career conferences (3 annually).STUDENT MARKETING CONFERENCES: Secured speakers from private industry, solicited financial support, and created 3-day annual summer program attended by up to 80 students. VIRTUAL MENTORING PROGRAM: Initiated program to provide first-generation college students with professional connections and career resources (30 mentor/mentee matches per semester).

Took charge of programming and drove efforts to grow student participation and raise awareness for organization and mission among academia and professional Marketing industry. Revamped planning and programming area and executed new strategies.PROGRAM RESTRUCTURING: Gathered observations and comments from students, program alumni, Marketing professionals, and academics to rebuild program area. Updated and redesigned existing programs and launched new programs. STUDENT ENGAGEMENT: Defined goals, targets, and plans and initiated efforts to connect with students. Co-advocated for website with CEO and oversaw website development. Identified appropriate academic clubs, advisors, and program alumni, ascertained tools to communicate with students and capture data, and launched student outreach plan.MARKETING CHALLENGES: Gained sponsors to launch challenge for up to 1000 students across 30 academic institutions. Authored campaign challenge and judged competition annually.SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: Designed/launched program to distribute monies to 15 students annually. TEAM LAUNCH & LEADERSHIP: Grew team from 1 to 4 members including Dir Academic Conferences, Dir Student Development, Asst. Program Manager, and Program Coordinator. Mentored effective and high morale team.ACADEMIC JOURNAL: Assessed quality and ranking of existing academic journal and partnered with outside publishers and renowned academic editors to launch and manage years-long campaign to raise awareness for and increase standing of journal.ANNUAL INTL. CONFERENCE: Created annual invite-only, 3-day workshop for 30-50 early career academics to connect with industry to enhance their teaching and focus their research.

Directed Human Resources for 2 offices with 600 employees. Partnered with SVP Human Resources to define HR strategic role.

Merchandising Group

Oversaw recruiting, performance management, career development, and recognition for non-exempt associates.

Doctor Of Education (Ed.D.), Organizational Leadership

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Organizational Behavior Studies

Bachelors, Hotel Administration, French Literature