Marketing Department Advisory Board

What is the Advisory Board?

The Marketing Department Advisory Board was created in 2012 in order to provide outside insight to faculty, serve as real-world models for students and create links between graduates and employers.

Who serves on it?

The Board is composed of Missouri State marketing alumni as well as industry professionals. They are nominated by members of the marketing department and typically serve alternating, two-year terms—with new members rotating in each year.

How do they contribute to the Marketing Department?

In many ways! The Board improves our educational environment by providing insight into their respective industries, communicating their expectations for new graduates, making recommendations for our curriculum and much more. Some also offer internship and career opportunities or serve as mentors to current students. Board members are often featured in our promotional materials and we closely follow their activities and achievements.

Board Member	Position	Company
Jim Ampleman	Director of Procurement	Hopkins Manufacturing
Sherry Ashmore-Austin	Founder	Greater Us LLC
Andrea Battaglia	Chief Excellence Officer	Abacus CPAs, LLC
Robert Carlton	Managing Director	Muddy Gecko Marketing
Mar'Ellen Felin	Founder	Felin Communications
Jeffrey Hendrix	VP of Sales and Marketing	Bimbo Bakeries USA
Stan Lippelman	Chief Marketing Officer	Visionworks of America
Jeff Madden	Vertical Marketing Growth Manager	Labconco Corporation
Landon McCarter	President and Founder	McCarter Collective
Hugo Sanchez	VP of Marketing & Adverting	O'Reilly Auto Parts
Anthony Spina	Co-Founder/CEO	For What's Next, Inc./System Seltzer
Brad Thomas	President	Silver Dollar City Attractions
Rich Turner	VP of Marketing	Andy's Frozen Custard
Tim Votaw	Founder	Votaw Associates