Associate Director, Google Analytics IQ Certified, Florida SBDC at USF, Tampa
Specialty: Social Media Marketing, Branding
Stacey Dadd started with the Florida SBDC at University of South Florida as the Marketing and Communications Officer in August 2013. She is now an associate director, charged with leading a team in the 10-county Tampa Bay region. She has more than 20 years of experience in the journalism, media and marketing industries.
Dadd built her career in print, visual and audio communications. As a corporate recruiter for News Media Corporation, she was responsible for hiring, troubleshooting and headhunting for 54 newspapers in nine states. She previously owned her own marketing company in Michigan.
Dadd earned her bachelor’s degree in management with a concentration in human resources from Huron University and her master’s degree in digital journalism and design at University of South Florida St. Petersburg. In 2015, she also earned a certificate in Marketing Strategy from the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. She is also a Certified Marketing Executive and Google Analytics IQ certified and holds certificates in Post-Crisis Leadership and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Workplace.