Carey Hilderbrand, CMO, National University

Carey Hilderbrand serves as Chief Marketing Officer at National University System, a nonprofit network of education institutions that includes National University, Northcentral University, and City University of Seattle. Hilderbrand is an experienced executive leader with over 20 years of post-secondary education experience in marketing, innovation, and transformation.

Prior to joining National University, Hilderbrand served as the Chief Marketing Officer at Western Governors University, where she played a critical role in seeing enrolment more than double from 50,000 students to in excess of 130,000 students during her tenure. Hilderbrand blends a personal drive for making a difference in the lives of individuals and families through education and has focused her career on expanding access to education for underserved and underrepresented individuals and communities.

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