Sustaining and Surviving

Transformation has been a hallmark of Jaime's career. In nearly 20 years working in higher education, she been part of four university rebrandings and five website overhauls. She's been hands-on in the development of an integrated marketing communications model at three institutions. As a result, she has gained extensive expertise in brand strategy, recruitment marketing, internal communications, crisis communications, issues management, online innovation, and media relations. She also has in her portfolio government relations and, for two years, she oversaw a public radio station. She is currently the vice president for university communications and chief marketing officer for Old Dominion University, a 23,000-student public R1 research institution in Coastal Virginia. Prior to her current role, she was the vice president and chief communications and marketing officer for Miami University (the one in not-as-sunny Oxford, Ohio). She also served in marketing and media relations leadership roles at Winston-Salem State University (North Carolina), Radford University (Virginia), the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, and Northwestern Health Sciences University (Minnesota). Her background also includes more than four years as a print journalist and three years working for nonprofits and in nonprofit consulting. She earned my bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota and her master's degree in integrated marketing communications from West Virginia University.

Alan Stein Jr., is an experienced keynote speaker, author, and well-known performance expert who spent 15 plus years working with some of the highest performing NBA players on the planet, including Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, and the late Kobe Bryant. Five years ago Alan transitioned to working with executives and Fortune 500 companies like Pepsi, Starbucks, and American Express on both individual and organizational performance. He teaches proven principles on how to utilize the same approaches in business that elite athletes use to perform at a world-class level. Alan is a proud graduate of Elon University and has authored two books - ‘Raise Your Game’ and ‘Sustain Your Game’.