Michele Demarco
Vice President, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer @California Institute Of Integral Studies
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WORK HISTORY
Vice President, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer @California Institute Of Integral Studies
San Francisco, CA, US
An award-winning, senior communications executive, a world-wise strategist and impact-driven storyteller with more than 20 years of proven experience in human-good-facing, mission-driven organizations, including higher education, non-profit, corporate, and professional services (including in the field of psychedelics). Demonstrated history of shaping compelling brand narratives, enhancing stakeholder and donor engagement, building powerful and sustainable relationships internally and in the community, and providing transformative leadership to drive organizational success. 20+ National awards for excellence in communications, marketing, and design, including The Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA), which hosts the prestigious annual w3 Awards to celebrate the best in web and social media: won gold for CIIS’ new website.
EDUCATION
Boston Theological Institute
Professional Certificate, Conflict Transformation
Antioch University New England
MFT, Marriage and Family Therapy
The New Seminary
MSC, Spiritual Counseling and Interfaith Ministry
Boston College
BA, World Religion and Psychology
Woodbury Institute of Champlain College
Professional Certificate, Mediation and Conflict Resolution
Boston University | Harvard University | Boston College*
MTS, World Religion and Ethics, Comparative Culture and Conflict, and Psychology
California Institute of Integral Studies
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Psychology, Trauma, Moral Injury
ABOUT MICHELE DEMARCO
Michele DeMarco, PhD is an award-winning writer, a world-wise strategist, and a spirit-savvy, soul-centric storyteller with more than 20 years experience in human-good-facing organizations, including higher education—both as an administrator and faculty, non-profit, healthcare, and professional services. Her passion (at least one) is how stories are told, what makes them matter, and how they affect a person or group’s lived life, and how those experiences affect the world in which we live. A native Bostonian, Michele holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), master’s degrees in World Religion and Ethics, Comparative Culture and Conflict, and Psychology, via a consortium comprising Harvard University, Boston College, and Boston University, a bachelor’s degree in religion from Boston College, and professional certificates in Conflict Transformation and Mediation, respectively. She also studied Marriage and Family therapy at Antioch University and has done further academic coursework in marketing and communications, business, education, criminal justice, and law. At CIIS, Michele heads the Division of University Relations, overseeing the Office of Strategic Communications & Relations, Campus Experience & Events, and the Office of the President, respectively. During her tenure, CIIS has won 20 higher education awards for marketing and communications campaigns, including gold from the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA), which hosts the prestigious annual w3 Awards. Michele has further served on CIIS’ Board of Trustees and taught Creative Nonfiction and Conflict Transformation.Outside of CIIS, Michele is a professionally trained therapist, clinical ethicist, and trauma researcher, specializing in moral injury. She is one of Medium’s Top Writers for Mental Health and Health, respectively, and the author of the Psychology Today blog “Soul Console: Healing from Moral Injury.” Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, POLITICO, The Hill, The Boston Globe, The Free Press, Psychology Today, The Daily News, The War Horse, Forge, One Zero, among others. She has been featured as a psychology and spirituality expert for MindBodyGreen, The Daily News, WebMD, Integrated Practitioner, Bloomberg/WNBP Radio, and Partners HealthCare. Her non-fiction books include Holding Onto Air: The Art and Science of Building a Resilient Spirit and Writing the Wrongs: A Guided Journal for Healing Moral Injury. Her upcoming novel, About Others, won the Mystery Writers of America’s Helen McCloy Award for Mystery Writing.
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