Carrie Phillips, Ed.D, is the Chief Communications & Marketing Officer at UA Little Rock.

She is part creative, part analyst, but fully curious to solve higher education challenges. She began her career as an assistant director and moved to leading a team of creatives, to managing both a marketing and communications team at a university in the state’s capital city. 

Her leadership philosophy focuses on creating brand and departmental culture, and her teams have won both national and global awards as a result. 

She earned her doctorate from Texas Tech, studying how universities are using marketing to mitigate the enrollment cliff. After finishing her doctorate, she is now carrying on about higher education and leadership on her website andcarrieon.com.  

She has presented nationally at multiple conferences including HighEdWeb, AMA, CASE and more. She also serves as Chair-elect of CASE District IV.