Elevating Adtalem’s Brand and Reputation with its Stakeholders

Megan Noel leads Adtalem's corporate affairs function, overseeing communications, investor relations, government relations, impact and alumni engagement, ensuring the company’s stakeholder engagement strategy supports its growth strategy. She is responsible for driving strategic outcomes across Adtalem's portfolio of institutions while engaging a broad range of stakeholders, including its nearly 10,000 employees, 90,000 students, and 350,000 alumni.

Noel is a senior corporate affairs leader with more than two decades of experience working with global companies on the evolving role of the function and how to optimize it to be a central force in helping the C-suite navigate complex stakeholder demands. She brings deep in-house and agency experience with a proven track record in reshaping functions and counseling global companies through transformations.

She joined Adtalem from Golin, where she served as the global president of corporate affairs and a member of the agency’s executive leadership team. Previously, she led communications and corporate affairs for PwC US and Mexico, where she led all aspects of the firm’s media relations, executive positioning, crisis, issues & public affairs, internal communications and change management. She also launched the firm’s first AI positioning and advised on brand, communications, public affairs, and reputational risk strategies across the PwC Network. Prior to PwC, she spent nearly nine years at Edelman working with a range of clients on corporate affairs, social purpose and crisis communications strategies.

Noel was named a "Top Woman in PR" by PR News and is a "40 under 40" recipient by PR Week. She is a member of the Page Society and earned her Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from Georgetown University.