Laura Jack Email Address

Vice President for Communications

Colgate University is a private, liberal arts university with 2,900 undergraduate students pursuing 55 majors at a residential campus in Central New York State.

Laura H. Jack is vice president for communications at Colgate University. She leads all internal and external communications efforts to steward Colgate’s reputation and identity, builds awareness of the University, the excellence of its faculty, and its strong academic programs; and supports the University’s core mission, goals, and priorities. Laura served as co-chair for the university-wide bicentennial celebration that concluded in December 2019. Projects included the University and bicentennial identity, alumni magazine redesign project, bicentennial website, countless events and lectures, a campus beautification project, and a history book. Prior to arriving at Colgate, Laura was vice president at Howard University, where she oversaw all fundraising, alumni relations, communications, and university events operations. Outside of higher education, Laura spent nearly ten years managing marketing and advertising initiatives and multimillion-dollar campaigns with international marketing and advertising firms, such as JCDecaux and Ogilvy & Mather. Beyond Laura’s professional responsibilities, she is an active member in the community and serves on the board of directors for Community Memorial Hospital and A Better Chance Clinton. Laura earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Pace University, a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Science in Education from Baruch College. She is a doctoral candidate, pursuing a Ph.D. in Higher Education at Syracuse University.