Debra Townsend

Since launching her consulting company Communications on Demand in 1997, Debra has advised approximately 100 clients, half of them in higher education, on communications strategies, reputation, crises, identity, and  departmental structures. She has also stepped in, either as an interim or short-term leader. in more than a dozen organizations including Skidmore College, General Electric, Munson arts, and Colgate University. Her career has been steeped in the opportunities and challenges presented to college and university leaders,