Jackie Ostrowicki

Jackie Ostrowicki, a seasoned communications and marketing strategist, was named Assistant Vice President for Marketing and Community Engagement at the University of Nebraska in January 2014.

Ostrowicki’s resume includes 20+ years in communication, marketing and advertising, including several years teaching at the university level. Prior to NU, she held leadership positions with Nelnet, an educational finance and planning company and one of the largest publicly-traded companies in Nebraska. She also led a start-up and developed strategic marketing for national clients at Bozell, Bailey Lauerman and Swanson Russell, the three largest communication and marketing firms in Nebraska.

As Assistant Vice President for Marketing and Community Engagement, Ostrowicki leads marketing, branding and communications initiatives that advance the University of Nebraska mission. Her team works to strengthen the University brand, deliver key messages and help achieve state and federal legislative priorities. She supports the University's president in increasing awareness of the University’s impact and serves as the university’s chief marketing and brand officer.

Ostrowicki also advances the institution’s community outreach and engagement goals. She helps to create a university infrastructure that supports campus-community partnerships—building and sustaining effective relationships internally and with key stakeholder organizations and community and business leaders.

She is passionate about leadership, service and public education and is highly involved in both national higher education organizations and community non-profits. On the national level, Ostrowicki has served on the Executive Committee for the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities’ Council of Strategic Communications. On the local level, she serves as a Trustee for the Lincoln City Libraries Board, as a member of the Lincoln Public Schools Superintendent's Advisory Council, and on the Lied Center Statewide Advisory Board. She has served on numerous education, economic development, and arts-related boards, most recently on the Invest Nebraska Board of Directors, the Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools Board of Directors and as a Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commissioner.

A native of Chicago, Illinois, Ostrowicki holds a bachelor's degree in advertising and a master's degree in educational administration, both from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She is completing her doctoral degree and is currently a doctoral candidate.

She is the recipient of numerous awards for excellence in advertising. Ostrowicki and her husband, Monte, have one child, Evangeline.