Suzan Brinker

Dr. Suzan Brinker is a co-founder and the CEO of Viv Education LLC, a Boston-based women-owned consulting firm and marketing agency for colleges and universities. Viv specializes in integrating content and media strategies to drive brand awareness and enrollment growth.

Viv's team of 10 staff members and 15+ regular freelancers have worked with 95+ institutions across 15 countries, including Tufts University, Babson College, Bryant University, Northeastern, Hebrew University, Audencia Business School, Assumption University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and the University of Cambridge.

Suzan grew up in Germany with a Turkish father and a German mother. She fell in love with American higher education when she came to the U.S. to study English as an undergraduate exchange student at St. Norbert College. She stuck around and earned her M.A. in communication from Marquette and her PhD in Higher Education from Penn State.

She has 10+ years of experience in US and global higher education marketing and enrollment. Before founding Viv, she served as Director of Marketing at both Penn State World Campus and Northeastern University.

In addition to her role at Viv, Suzan currently serves as Fractional Chief Marketing Officer at Assumption University. In this role, her focus is building a sustainable, best-in-class team that can navigate the future of higher education with an entrepreneurial mindset.

Suzan lives in Concord, MA with her husband and their three children.