Patti and Ken Moyes Speaker Series
The Patti and Ken Moyes Speaker Series brings in industry professionals each semester to interact with students. It supports the school’s three majors—multimedia journalism, strategic communications and sports media—and gives students a chance to interact with professionals currently employed at the highest levels in the fields they are studying. Generously sponsored by Ken Moyes and his late wife Patti, these professionals do more than simply speak to a large crowd of students. They spend a day interacting with students though meals and other smaller interpersonal settings. Many continue contact with students they meet long after speaking at OSU. The event is held once each semester.
Upcoming Speakers
Spring 2026
The Patti and Ken Moyes Speaker Series presents:
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Cynthia Round
March 25, 2026, 4:00 p.m.
Alumni Center
Admission is Free
Speaker's BIO
Cynthia Round is a brand strategy advisor to cultural and non-profit organizations,
with a focus on revitalizing legacy brands and building relevance to new audiences.
As the SVP of Marketing & External Relations for The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
she led audience engagement and brand strategy, exhibition and tourism marketing,
the press office, and visitor services. Achieving record-high attendance of over 7
million visitors per year during Cynthia’s tenure, The Met was the most visited tourist
attraction in NYC and the largest art museum in the USA.
Prior to joining The Met, Cynthia led marketing and the re-branding of United Way
Worldwide, the largest privately-funded global nonprofit network, with $4 billion in
revenue across 40 countries. She began her career in brand management at P&G in
the USA and Rome, Italy. As Senior Partner & Executive Group Director at ad agency
Ogilvy, she introduced and built brands in consumer goods, tech, entertainment, and
nonprofit sectors.
She has been a featured speaker on four continents. Her appearances include Digital
Summits in DC, LA, Portland, Denver, Dallas, Phoenix and Philadelphia; the US Missionto
the UN in Geneva, Switzerland; the ADMA Global Forum in Sydney, Australia; BIMTECH
in Delhi, India; and graduate schools at Yale, NYU, Columbia, and EPF Lausanne.
Cynthia serves on the boards of the ANA Advertising Educational Foundation, Civilla,
P&G NYC Alum group, and is a past-Board Chair of Soho Rep Theatre. She earned her
B.A. from Oklahoma State University, where she has served on the Foundation Board
of Governors and has been honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award.
Previous Speakers Archive
- Spring 2025 - Tracy Harlow, VP Walmart Communications
- Fall 2024—Holly Rowe, Sports Telecaster, ESPN
- Spring 2024—Brian McGrory, former editor of the Boston Globe
- Fall 2023—Jacob Johnson, CEO of Getwit.com
- Spring 2023—Ashley Fox, Sports Journalist
- Fall 2022—Julie Banderas, FOX News Channel