Deborah Davis Hurwitz is an award-winning communications/marketing professional with experience in education, non-profit organizations and corporate responsibilities. Her specialties include strategic communications and planning, thought leadership, digital marketing, social media, web development and video production. Deborah has interviewed and created stories featuring former US Presidents, Members of Congress, Pulitzer Prize winners and has extensive experience working with C-Suite executives and subject matter experts.

As an editorial producer for CNN, Deborah has won an Emmy (for her collaboration on a series “Exporting America”) and a Peabody (for team-based coverage of Hurricane Katrina) for crafting complex stories that are both tangible and convincing. She has always used her keen sense of content development and strategy to achieve organizational goals.

During her tenure on the College Board, Deborah successfully promoted the organization’s initiatives by collaborating with executives, higher education professionals, K-12 educators, and strategic partners to produce videos, editorials, blogs, press materials and social media posts. She also used her background in broadcast news to effectively train the organization’s senior executives in the media, preparing them for all print and broadcast interviews. As the College Board’s first video manager, she produced more than 4,000 instructional and promotional videos, lending her expertise to executives in every department, including Advanced Placement, the SAT Assessment Suite, and College Access  on Concepts, messaging, scripting, casting, directing, vendor selection and budget management. These videos have been posted on all social media channels.

Deborah is a cross-functional team leader with a proven track record of engaging and motivating a wide range of diverse audiences. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and a minor in Art History from Barnard College, Columbia University.