Ethan Braden serves as senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Purdue University marketing and communications. Ethan leads a marketing and communications community of more than 300 individuals in the persistent pursuit of the next giant leap by passionately positioning, promoting and preserving the Purdue brand.AMA named Ethan's team the 2020 AMA Higher Ed Marketing Team of the Year (and Ethan the 2020 Higher Ed Marketer of the Year). Under his leadership, Purdue was the only school named on Fast Company's inaugural list of "Brand That Matters.Previous to Purdue, Ethan worked for Eli Lilly & Company where he served in a variety of senior marketing and sales leadership roles in the U.S. and throughout the emerging markets, managing some of Lilly’s and the pharmaceutical industry’s most successful, life-changing brands. Ethan earned his MBA in marketing and management from the University of Notre Dame and his bachelor’s degree in Economics and Spanish from Willamette University.