Marketing and Communication serves as an in-house public relations, marketing and advertising agency to provide comprehensive communication services, free of charge, to the Samford University community. Our team of experienced, nationally award–winning professionals creates top-quality marketing to meet individual needs that support the marketing and communication goals of the university.
We are available to provide strategic marketing and public relations counseling for the university and its entities. From time to time we may engage external resources to assist with specific projects or strategic needs.
Catie Bell
Digital Marketing Manager
Office: Samford Hall
Email: catie.bell@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-4786
Jessica Black
Executive Director of University Marketing
Email: jblack@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-2265
Morgan B. Black
Marketing and Communication Manager
Brock School of Business and Cumberland School of Law
Office: 289J Cooney Hall
Email: mblack3@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-4753
Scott Camp
Senior Graphic Designer
Creative Services
Office: 314 Samford Hall
Email: secamp@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-2342
Todd Cotton
Executive Director of Web and Creative Services
Web Services
Office: 402 Samford Hall
Email: tcotton@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-4144
Leighton Doores
Marketing and Communication Manager Orlean Beeson School of Education
Office: 227 Orlean Bullard Beeson Hall
Email: ldoores@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-4751
Stephanie Sides Douglas
Senior Graphic Designer and Photography Services Manager
Creative Services
Office: 314 Samford Hall
Phone: 205-726-4150
Donna K. Fitch, M.L.S., M.S.Ed., M.Cert.
Digital Communication Specialist
Web Services
Office: 402 Samford Hall
Email: dkfitch@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-4199
Sean Flynt
Marketing and Communication Manager
Howard College of Arts and Sciences
Office: 120 Brooks Hall
Email: saflynt@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-4197
Holly Gainer
Director of University Communication
Office: Samford Hall
Email: hgainer1@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-4897
Laura Hannah
Senior Graphic Designer
Creative Services
Office: 314 Samford Hall
Email: lhannah@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-4487
Betsy Bugg Holloway
Vice President for Marketing and Communication, Professor of Marketing
Office: 316 Samford Hall
Email: Betsy.Holloway@samford.edu
Sarah Howard
Creative Services Manager
Creative Services
Office: 314 Samford Hall
Email: showard3@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-4585
Ed Landers
Director of Media Center
Broadcast Services
Email: eblander@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-2475
Kristi Metz
Assistant to the Vice President
Office: 316 Samford Hall
Email: kmetz1@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-2487
B.J. Millican
Assistant Director of Broadcast Services
Broadcast Services
Office: 310 Samford Hall
Email: rmillica@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-2313
Kristen Padilla
Manager of Marketing and Communication; Director of Women in Ministry Initiative
Beeson Divinity School
Office: Divinity Hall
Email: kpadilla@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-2398
Brad Radice
Executive Director of Broadcast Media
Broadcast Services
Office: 310 Samford Hall
Email: bjradice@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-4373
Adam Roebuck
Digital Marketing Analyst
Web Services
Office: 402 Samford Hall
Email: adam.roebuck@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-4488
Sara Roman, M.S.E.
Marketing and Communication Manager
School of Health Professions and Ida Moffett School of Nursing
Office: 1319 CHS Building 1
Email: sroman@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-2656
Ashley Smith
Marketing and Communication Manager
Samford Arts
Office: 200B Wright Center
Email: asmith56@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-4107
Sarah Waller
Director of University Marketing
Marketing and Communication Lead, McWhorter School of Pharmacy and School of Public Health
Office: 1315 CHS Building 1
Email: swaller@samford.edu
Phone: 205-726-4628