Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown is Webster University’s Vice President of Global Marketing and Strategic Communications and Chief Communications Officer (CCO). She has nearly four decades of experience in the communications field. Brown was hired by Webster University in 2020, after serving as director of communications for Eden Theological Seminary, located across the street from Webster University.

Before entering higher education, she co-founded and managed Salty Underground LLC, an international company that provided specialty products to aquarium hobbyists, for 12 years. In that role, she oversaw ecommerce sales, marketing, and the aquaculture faculties.

Prior to that, Brown was a marketing manager for Fleming Pharmaceuticals, was an account supervisor for the marketing and public relations firm Brighton Agency and worked in the newsrooms for ABC National News in Washington, D.C. and for television affiliates for CBS and NBC in Missouri. She also worked for Sargent & Potratz Advertising and PR, Wehrman & Company Graphic Design.

She has a bachelor’s in communications from American University and certifications from Google, Hootsuite, the Midwest Digital Marketing Conference and the Vermont Story Lab.