Mark Kelly is a strategic communications and marketing leader with extensive experience in the higher education sector, including senior communications and marketing positions at Furman University, Sewanee: The University of the South, and Loyola University Maryland. An award-winning speechwriter and thought leadership strategist, he recently served as Vice President for Marketing and Communications for the Association of Governing Boards for Universities and Colleges. Mark currently is an independent consultant in thought leadership strategy, speechwriting and executive communications, and magazine assessment and re-development. He earned his BA degree from the University of Virginia and an MS in Communications from Syracuse University.