Vice President for Marketing & Communications
- Employer
- Stony Brook University
- Location
- Stony Brook, New York
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
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As a flagship of the State University of New York (SUNY) system, ranked the top public university in the state of New York for the last four years, and a member of the Association of American Universities, Stony Brook is one of America's most dynamic public research universities. With over 27,000 students representing all 50 states and more than 100 countries, the University offers world-class education through 130+ graduate and professional programs and 60 undergraduate majors. Renowned for its research excellence, strength in innovation and entrepreneurship, and commitment to student success and affordability, Stony Brook consistently ranks among the top institutions in the nation. Situated on Long Island's North Shore and in close proximity to New York City, the University provides unparalleled access to cultural, professional, and research opportunities.
Andrea Goldsmith began her tenure as the seventh president of Stony Brook University in August 2025. Her scope includes the university, the medical enterprise, chairing the board of the New York Climate Exchange, and co-chairing the organization that manages the Brookhaven National Laboratory. As one of her first initiatives, President Goldsmithleda strategic visioning process that engagedand energizedthe entire Stony Brook community. Implementation of the bold, ambitious strategic plan will begin in Fall 2026, and a significant comprehensive campaign will follow shortly thereafter.
The vice president will join Stony Brook at a defining moment in the institution's trajectory. Building upon Stony Brook's national strengths in research, healthcare, innovation, access, and student success, the successful candidate will help translate institutional excellence into broader visibility, influence, and reputation. The vice president will play a leading role in advancing the university's emerging strategic vision, supporting a forthcoming comprehensive campaign, and elevating awareness of Stony Brook's impact among prospective students and families, faculty and researchers, alumni and donors, policymakers, media, industry leaders, and communities across New York and beyond.
Leading a team of approximately 35 professionals and partnering with communications and marketing colleagues across a large, complex, multi-stakeholder enterprise, the vice president will serve as the university's chief communications and marketing officer. The successful candidate will be an innovative and politically astute leader who excels in collaborative environments, builds strong relationships across academic, research, healthcare, and administrative units to advance shared institutional priorities, brings people together around a compelling institutional narrative, navigates complex issues and crises with sound judgment, and inspires a culture of excellence, creativity, and service.
Stony Brook seeks a leader who is equally comfortable serving as a strategic advisor to senior leadership, a steward of one of higher education's most promising brands, and a champion for the countless stories of discovery, innovation, healthcare, and student achievement unfolding across the university every day. A bachelor's degree is required. All applications, nominations and inquiries are invited. Applications should include, as separate documents, a CV or resume and a letter of interest addressing the themes in the leadership profile. Professional references are not requested at this time.
WittKieffer is assisting Stony Brook University in this search. For fullest consideration, candidate materials should be received by October 19, 2026.
Application materials should be submitted using WittKieffer's candidate portal.
Nominations and inquiries can be directed to:
Jen Meyers Pickard, Ph.D., and Jenna Brumleve
StonyBrookVPMarCom@wittkieffer.com
Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.
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Organization
In a little more than 50 years, Stony Brook has established itself as one of America’s most dynamic public universities, an essential part of the region’s economy, and a center of cultural excellence.
Nobel laureates, Guggenheim fellows, and MacArthur grant winners teach on our campus, making it a magnet for outstanding students. Stony Brook has been ranked in the top 1 percent of all universities worldwide by the London Times Higher Education—QS World University Rankings. U.S. News & World Report ranks Stony Brook among the top 100 best national universities. A member of the elite Association of American Universities, Stony Brook is among the 62 best research institutions in North America. Stony Brook faculty are leaders in significant national and worldwide projects, including the reconstruction of Iraq’s public health systems and museums, the management of the national parks of Madagascar,
and uncovering the causes of lobster mortality in Long Island Sound.
The entrepreneurial energy and economic strength of the University bring a combined benefit of $4.7 billion to the economy of Long Island. Stony Brook has a remarkable record of fruitful collaboration with private enterprise. The only university in New York State to have two Centers of Excellence, in biotechnology and wireless technology, Stony Brook has promoted the launch of 44 companies through its high-technology incubators.
Stony Brook University Medical Center is home to Suffolk County's only tertiary care hospital, with nearly half a million patient visits each year. Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center comprises the Schools of Dental Medicine, Health Technology and Management, Medicine, Nursing, and Social Welfare, and the Graduate Program in Public Health. The Long Island State Veterans Home is operated by Stony Brook University’s Health Sciences Center, and serves as a site for the education and training of long-term care and geriatric health care professionals.
Stony Brook’s Staller Center is Suffolk County’s leading arts venue. A rich program of theater, dance, classical music, and popular entertainment make Staller a vibrant attraction throughout the year. The Center hosts masterclasses and concerts by the world-renowned Emerson String Quartet, resident faculty at the University, and the spring Chamber Music Festival.
Each summer, the Stony Brook Film Festival brings leading and emerging filmmakers and fans to the campus.
One of America’s most diverse universities, Stony Brook celebrates the rich heritage of immigrant New York at the Charles B. Wang Center celebrating Asian and Asian American cultures. A second site, in the heart of Manhattan, connects the University to the world’s greatest city.
Stony Brook is an engine of invention, creativity, and opportunity that has become a national model and a resource for the world.
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