Bob Brock
President and Co-Founder
With more than 35 years’ experience in higher education marketing, Bob is one of the nation’s most respected brand marketing and management consultants. Bob is a member of the CASE Industry Advisory Council, a faculty member for the international Academy for Educational Development (AED) and a frequent keynote speaker on brand marketing and related issues for businesses, non-profits, and organizations throughout the world. Early in his career, he served in communications and marketing positions at Washington University in St. Louis, Rutgers University, the University of Denver, and Metropolitan State College of Denver. In 1997, he co-founded Educational Marketing Group, and has provided strategic counsel to college, university, and non-profit clients globally. Bob and his co-founding partner, Marlene Brock, have provided marketing services and counsel for Virginia Tech, Washington State University, University of Nebraska, University of Michigan, University of North Dakota, University of Wyoming, University of Tennessee, University of Louisville, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Colorado State University system, Old Dominion University, University of Southern Maine, Clarion University, Shenandoah University, Clarkson University, Des Moines University, Hanover College, Cottey College, Buena Vista University, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Dalhousie University, University of Victoria, and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, among others.
Marlene Brock
Executive Vice President and Co-Founder
Marlene has 30 years of organizational management and brand development experience. In addition to her expertise in higher education, Marlene has worked in the public sector, retailing, the television industry, and corporate real estate. She has served in local government as well as for international corporations such as United Artists and Siemens Corp. Under her direction, EMG has grown into an award-winning international marketing agency cited as one of the premier educational brand-development consultancy in North America. She has provided executive-level positioning and brand platform development services, strategic planning, marketing, and creative strategies for colleges and universities throughout North America. Her ability to develop enduring, consensus-based brand platforms is unmatched. Following a positioning retreat at Washington State University, then-president Dr. V. Lane Rawlins noted, “This was a remarkable milestone in the history of the university – the most productive strategy session I’ve ever been part of.” Dr. Lloyd Benjamin, former president of Indiana State University, said of a positioning retreat, “It’s the first time in my tenure that I’ve ever seen this group [executive administration] agree unanimously on anything.” Marlene has facilitated consensus-based positioning for dozens of other colleges and universities across North America, including the Dalhousie University, University of Victoria, University of Louisville, University of Wyoming, University of Tennessee, Washington State University, Old Dominion University, Texas State University, Baker University, Hanover College, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Buena Vista University, and others. She conducts professional training on positioning, brand platform development, organizational change, strategic planning, brand architecture, and related topics.
