North Carolina State University, Associate Vice Chancellor for University Communications and Marketing

North Carolina State University and Vice Chancellor Brian Sischo appointed Lisa Marie L. Ferrell as its Associate Vice Chancellor for University Communications and Marketing. She was most recently Lenovo’s communications officer for North America.

University Communications and Marketing is NC State’s dedicated communications agency, providing leadership, strategy, services, and support to advance the NC State brand and help the university achieve its core mission. In her new role, Ferrell play a critical role in helping NC State convey its academic strengths and breadth of research; commitments to excellence and access; importance in national and global dialogues; and contributions to local, national, and international communities.

In her prior role, Ferrell led the North America communications team at Lenovo, overseeing public relations, internal and external communications, events, community relations, sponsorships, government relations, and organic social media. She joined Lenovo in 2019 following three years in a marketing executive role at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Ferrell served as global senior executive in marketing at Lenovo and as marketing communications senior manager at IBM prior to her experience at UNC-Chapel Hill. She also served as president of the Junior League of Raleigh.

Ferrell earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration, with a concentration in marketing and a minor in Italian, at Roanoke College.

Jack Gorman led this search with Elizabeth Neustaedter and Lisa Clayton.