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Best College Degrees for a Career in Marketing

Last update: June 26, 2021 by Kristi Hines Leave a Comment

Do you want a successful career in marketing? Will it take an MBA to land the job of your dreams? If you are trying to decide what degree to pursue, you’re not alone. In this post, you can browse through the degrees of 50 Chief Marketing Officers for well-known companies to find the best college degrees for your resume.

1. Ricky Engelberg, CMO at Vistaprint

  • BA, Marketing, New Media from the Univeristy of Georgia

2. Jennifer Saenz, Global CMO at Pepsi

  • MBA from the University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School
  • Bachelor of Business Administration from Emory University

3. Suzy Deering, Global CMO at Ford Motor Company

  • BS, Advertising from the University of Georgia

4. Linda Boff, CMO at GE

  • BA, Political Science + Psychology from Union College

5. Deborah Yeh, CMO at Sephora

  • BA, Psychology from Harvard University

6. Dan McHugh, CMO at Monster Energy

  • BS, Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Evansville

7. Carrie Walsh, CMO at Subway

  • MBA from Wharton Business School
  • BA, Economics and International Relations

8. Peter Elarde, CMO at Wine.com

  • MBA from Stanford University
  • BS, Electrical Engineering

9. Andréa Mallard, CMO at Pinterest

  • MS, Media from London School of Economics
  • BA, International Politics and English Literature from Queens University

10. Melissa Selcher, CMO at LinkedIn

  • MBA, General Management from the University of California Berkeley
  • BA, Political Science, Engineering from Princeton University

11. Tana Davila, CMO at PF Chang’s

  • MBA, Brand Management from Emory University
  • JD, Business Law from Seton Hall University

12. Dean Stoyer, CMO at the Phoenix Suns

  • BA, Journalism from Florida Southern College

13. Tara McRae, CMO at Clark’s

  • Master’s, Professional Communications from Clark University
  • Bachelor’s, Communication and Media Studies

14. Kieran Donahue, CMO at IHOP

  • BA, Fashion Merchandising from Virginia Commonwealth University

15. Elizabeth Preis, CMO at Anthropologie

  • MBA from INSEAD
  • BA, Economics and French from Wellesley College

16. Josh Feldman, CMO at NBCUniversal

  • Bachelor’s, Advertising from Michigan State University

17. Kiran Smith, CMO at iRobot

  • MBA, Marketing from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
  • BA, Computer Science from Buckner University

18. Jonnie Cahill, CMO at Heineken

  • BSc, Marketing Management from Dublin Institute of Technology

19. Lori Pantel, CMO at Fandango

  • MBA from Harvard University
  • BCom, Strategy from McGill University

20. Jessica Jensen, CMO at Indeed

  • MBA from INSEAD
  • Masters, International Relations from the University of California, San Diego
  • BA, Economics, Political Science, Japanese, and Art History from Amherst College

21. Lindsay Morgan, CMO at Pizza Hut

  • BBA, Marketing from Texas State University

22. Dorothy Dowling, CMO at BWH Hotel Group

  • Master’s, Sociology and Leisure Studies from University of Waterloo

23. Eddie Revis, CMO at The Magnolia Bakery

  • BS, Advertising from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

24. Dawn Callahan, CMO at Boingo Wireless

  • MBA, Entrepreneurship from Concordia University Irvine
  • BA, Social Sciences from Washington State University

25. Andrea Zahumensky, CMO at KFC

  • BS, Industrial Engineering from University of Cincinnati

26. Kate Jhaveri, CMO at NBA

  • MBA from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
  • BA, English and Spanish from College of the Holy Cross

27. Zeynep Inanoglu Ozdemir PhD, CMO at Palo Alto Networks

  • Ph.D., Machine Intelligence Lab from University of Cambridge
  • MPhil, Speech and Language Processing
  • Bachelor’s, Electrical, Computer & Systems Engineering

28. Roxy Young, CMO at Reddit

  • MBA, University of Notre Dame
  • BBA, Texas A&M University

29. Vikrant Batra, CMO at HP

  • MBA, Marketing from Indiana University
  • Master’s of Management Studies, Marketing, and Advertising from the University of Mumbai
  • BE, Chemical Engineering from the University of Mumbai

30. Aron North, CMO at Mint Mobile

  • MBA, Marketing and Entrepreneurship from Pepperdine University
  • BS, Business Administration

31. Jay Livingston, CMO at Shake Shack

  • BA, Communications from Miami University

32. Vishal Sapra, CMO at Careerbuilder

  • BA, Business Administration and Philosophy from Washington and Lee University

33. David Schriber, CMO at MasterClass

  • BA, English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst

34. Sophie Bambuck, CMO at Everlane

  • MBA, from Georgetown University
  • BA, International Relations, Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles

35. Michelle Harmon-Madsen, CMO at AccuWeather

  • BS, Marketing from Penn State University

36. Amina Pasha, CMO at Thrive Market

  • BA, Economics and Classical Studies from the University of Pennsylvania

37. Suzanne Saltzman Ginestro, CMO at Califia Farms

  • MBA, Marketing and Finance from Northwestern University
  • BA, Math and Art from Northwestern University

38. Shannon Keller, CMO at True Food Kitchen

  • BA, Communications with Public Relations Specialization from Loyola University Maryland

39. Bob Sherwin, CMO at Wayfair

  • MBA, Strategy, Operations, and Organization from Northwestern University
  • Master’s, Engineering Management from Northwestern University
  • BBA, Finance and Economics from College of William and Mary

40. Mary Alderete, CMO at The Gap

  • BA, Psychology and Communications from University of California, Santa Barbara

41. Valerie Kaplan, CMO at Headspace

  • MBA from Harvard University
  • BA, Economics and Literature from Duke University

42. Dana Marineau, CMO at Rakuten Rewards

  • BA, English and Public Policy from Duke University

43. Kinjil Mathur, CMO at Squarespace

  • BA, Management of Information from the University of Texas at Austin

44. Carrie Cronkey, CMO at Care.com

  • MBA, Finance and Management from Columbia Business School
  • BA, Economics from Duke University

45. Alex Constantinople, CMO at Zendesk

  • BA, English from Denison University

46. Melissa Joye, CMO at Farmers Insurance

  • MBA from the University of Pennsylvania
  • BS, Economics from Duke University

47. Gene Foca, CMO at Getty Images

  • MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • BBA, Accounting from the University of Notre Dame

48. Sanyu Dillon, CMO at Penguin Random House

  • MBA from New York University

49. Ken Turner, CMO at Red Bull

  • MBA, Marketing from Northwestern University
  • BS, Finance from Marquette University

50. Leslie G. Gillin, CMO at JP Morgan Chase

  • BA, International Relations and Affairs from the University of Delaware

Conclusion

While this is a only small sampling of CMOs of major brands, you’ll find that 23 out of 50 have an MBA. Aside from MBAs, Bachelor’s degrees in communications and general business studies are common as well. I hope this helps you in your search for the right degree!

About Kristi Hines

Experienced content writer and editor with over ten years in the digital marketing industry. Featured in over 50 publications including Experian, HootSuite, HubSpot, Search Engine Journal, and Social Media Examiner.
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