Meet Tammy Ewin

Tammy Ewin, vice president of communication and marketing at The University of AkronTammy Ewin, UA's vice president, chief communication and marketing officer, manages a team of 18 professionals responsible for marketing communications, public relations, media relations, social media, advertising, issues/crisis/reputation management, employee communications, brand strategy, digital communications and executive communications.

Ewin has extensive experience providing strategic communication counsel, building consensus and achieving solid marketing and communication results in the higher education, health care, corporate, not-for-profit, agency and public safety arenas.

Prior to joining UA, Ewin spent more than 10 years in the Office of Marketing and Communications at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pa., as a valued communication leader where she held positions of increasing responsibility. As associate vice president for marketing and communications, she led a team of 24 professionals responsible for all internal and external marketing and communications. Accomplishments during her tenure include the management of an award-winning team responsible for a more than 300% increase in media coverage; development of successful strategies to address significant crisis management issues; and completion of a large-scale website redesign, among others.

Ewin earned both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Communication from the University of Dayton.