Loran Jarrett is an instructor in the School of Marketing and Innovation in the Muma College of Business at the University of South Florida. She specializes in digital marketing, marketing strategy, and community partnership campaigns and proudly serves as the faculty advisor for the USF American Marketing Association. During her 15 years as a practitioner, she was the VP of Marketing Strategy and Public Relations for two organizations as well as a marketing agency owner. She also was an adjunct professor at the University of Tampa for four years, ending in 2018.She was selected as the president of the Leadership Tampa Bay Class of 2016 and continued to be a board member of the organization serving as the marketing chair until 2019. She was on the board of the USF Digital Marketing Certificate program and in 2017 she was chosen as the No. 1 Favorite Local PR/Marketing Professional in a Tampa Bay Business Journal Readers' Choice Award.She received a bachelor's degree in marketing and real estate from Florida State University, a master's degree in marketing from the University of Tampa, and a Doctor of Business Administration from USF.