OVERVIEW
Stacey Dembo is Interim Vice President of Communications and Marketing at Adler University. She brings more than three decades of experience in marketing, communications, and brand strategy across higher education, public policy, and media.
Most recently, Dembo was the first Chief Marketing Officer of the Cato Institute. There she shaped the Institute’s brand identity, expanded its digital footprint, and built strategic partnerships that extended its global reach. She also developed and carried out integrated marketing strategies to advance the Institute’s mission, vision, and values.
Before Cato, Dembo spent nearly 13 years as Executive Dean of External Relations at the George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health. She led the school’s strategic communications, digital marketing, media relations, and events teams. Under her leadership, the school’s faculty and research were regularly featured in top-tier media, which strengthened its brand and international reputation. From 2021 to 2022, she also served as the university’s Interim Vice President of Communications and Marketing. In that role she guided the institution through a presidential transition, the move to a new centralized communications model, and the changes facing higher education after the pandemic.
Earlier, Dembo was Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She oversaw digital communications, media relations, publications, and social media, and was managing editor of the school’s award-winning magazine, Johns Hopkins Public Health.
Dembo’s career began with 20 years in media. She was Managing Director of Local Corporate Support and Marketing at Maryland Public Television. Before that, she spent 13 years at Discovery Communications, where her roles included Executive Creative Director and Vice President of Marketing for the TLC and Discovery Home networks. She won numerous awards for her writing and marketing campaigns. She also launched TLC’s first major brand campaign, “Life Unscripted,” which helped drive record ratings for hit programs such as Trading Spaces and What Not to Wear.
