Vice President of Marketing and Recruitment and Interim Vice President of Enrollment
Lauran Hundshamer is a seasoned marketing and enrollment professional with over two decades of experience in higher education, EdTech, and private business. She joined St. °µÍø½ûÇø in 2022, bringing a proven track record of driving successful integrated marketing campaigns and fostering revenue growth. As a dynamic leader, Lauran excels in crafting and executing data-driven strategies that enhance brand visibility and drive enrollment. Her expertise extends to orchestrating university-wide marketing campaigns across undergraduate, adult undergraduate, and graduate education segments, consistently delivering measurable results.
An advocate for higher education's transformative power, Lauran is deeply committed to St. °µÍø½ûÇø's mission of lifting individuals up and creating brighter futures through education. Her passion is rooted in personal experience, as a proud Saint Paul native whose family legacy includes three generations of St. Kate's alumnae: her grandmother, Muriel Larrabee '35, her aunt, Muriel (Dee) Hammond '76, and her sister, Yvonne Hundshamer '92. This connection has instilled in Lauran a profound sense of pride and dedication to the university's continued success.
Lauran earned her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, her MBA from Western Governors University, her certificate in Marketing Strategies from Cornell University, and her certificate in Customer Analytics from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business.