Meet the Marketing Cloud Team

The marketing cloud is the central communications hub of the Salesforce CRM, and a cross-functional team is involved in the implementation.

Responsibilities of the team include:

  • Oversee onboarding of new groups to the Marketing Cloud
  • Identify appropriate existing Business Units or recommend purchase of additional Business Units
  • Facilitate user onboarding
  • Document system training requirements
  • Provide a continual training plan
  • Identify Best Practices, such as how to embed videos
  • Identify changes that will be implemented
  • Support the administrator as upgrades are applied
  • Evaluate monthly updates/upgrades
  • Perform change management
  • Research additional enhancements and features

The Marketing Cloud team is providing critical information and exchanging ideas in support of the following decision points:

  • Determine optimal enterprise custom subscription center
  • Establish User Roles and Permissions
  • Create Marketing Cloud and Exact Target Email usage guidelines
  • Establish change management and training plans, as well as plan for user onboarding
  • Develop the IP Warming strategy – identify teams/depts. that have the best lists to send to
Team Members:
  • Mark Ledoux – Senior Associate Director, Admissions
  • Karen Martin - Director, Marketing Research & Strategy
  • Lin Danes - Director, Web Services & Interactive Media
  • Lana Whitehead – Director, Graduate Admissions
  • Salma Benhaida - Director, International Recruitment and Admissions
  • Diane Walker - Director II, Enrollment Management & Student Services, Stark
  • Deb Phillipp - Director I, Enrollment Management & Student Services, Stark
  • Jennifer Sayre – Director, Enrollment Management & Student Services, Geauga
  • Amanda Dolan – Director, Enrollment Management & Student Services, Ashtabula
  • Laurie Donley – Director, Enrollment Management & Student Services, Tuscarawas
  • Shelly Lingenfelter – Director, Enrollment Management & Student Services, East Liverpool
  • Jim Ritter – Director, Enrollment Management & Student Services, Trumbull
  • Jennifer McDonough – Associate Vice President, Academic Operations & Administration
  • Charity Snyder – Assistant Dean, University College
  • John Jewell – Director, Strategic Initiatives & Assessment
  • Laura Brown – Executive Director, Advancement Services
  • Wiley Runnestrand – Associate Director, Digital Engagement
  • Brenda Hudkins – Director, Alumni Marketing & Communication
  • Amy Morris – Director, Athletic Advancement Operations
  • Albert Melfo – Director, Annual Giving
  • Amy Lane – Associate Vice President, Corporate & Professional Development
  • ​​Brie Loesch – Marketing Coordinator, Corporate & Professional Development
  • Mark Syroney – Senior Director, External Affairs: Marketing, Audience Engagement and Business Development
  • Chuck Poulton – Senior LAN Administrator, WKSU
  • Holly Slocum – Manager, Process Evaluation and Improvement, Information Services
  • Kim Homsher – Business Systems Analyst, Information Services
  • Michealle Gabrovsek – Director, Technology Portfolio Management, Academic Operations & Administration
  • Barb Boltz – Project Director, Enrollment Data and Systems Support
  • Shelley Sherwin – Senior Project Manager, Information Services
  • Jackie Jimison – Business Systems Analyst, Information Services
  • Barb McClintick – Manager, Training & PM
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