Renea P. Morris

Renea Morris is the interim chief of strategic marketing at Excelsior University and principal of HighMarks Consulting, where she helps higher education leaders bring clarity to their message, confidence to their leadership, and cohesion to their teams. With 30 years of experience in marketing and public relations—including 15 in executive roles in higher education—Morris specializes in strategic communication that strengthens institutions from the inside out.

She has led marketing and communications at the University of Denver and Ohio University, and earlier in her career, helped launch a nationally recognized nonprofit that connected thousands of young adults to job opportunities. Morris earned her M.Ed. in educational administration from Ohio University and her B.A. in communications from the University of Illinois Chicago. She also completed executive education in public relations at the University of California, Los Angeles and in management at the University of Chicago and Duke University (NC). Morris is an accredited public relations professional and Public Relations Society of America Fellow.