Ted Eismeier
Senior Vice President and Head of Postsecondary Communications
Ted Eismeier is a veteran higher education communications expert behind many of the past decade’s most influential efforts on behalf of institutions of higher education and advocacy groups. For nearly two decades at the intersection of media, policy, and practice, he has advised some of postsecondary education’s most innovative leaders and built strong relationships with top journalists, analysts, and policymakers.
Ted’s practice centers on advising education technology companies, social impact investors, and nonprofits, helping them harness brand narrative, earned media, public opinion research, and content creation to scale their impact and reach national audiences. An expert on trends in higher education media, he has spoken at events including the Complete College America Annual Convening, SHEEO’s Higher Education Policy Conference, CAEL, EDUCAUSE, the global HolonIQ Summit, and served as a guest lecturer at the USC Rossier School of Education.
The product of an academic family, Ted inherited a passion for supporting upward mobility through education and is active in the community as a board member and pro bono advisor. He has mentored early-stage startups for the TechStars Workforce Development Accelerator and served as a campaign advisor to THINK College, a national initiative improving inclusive higher education for students with intellectual disabilities.
He is a director of LearnServe, a 20-year-old entrepreneurship education nonprofit that has helped more than 3,000 students launch 500+ social impact ventures. He is a past board director of Community Tax Aid, trustee of the American Academy for Liberal Education, past Charter Board Partners fellow, and former vice chair of the Harmony DC Public Charter School Board of Trustees.
Ted holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Kenyon College and is an alumnus of Northfield Mount Hermon School. A native of central New York, he lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Kate, and rescue dog, Zoey.
