Tonya Strong-Charles
Contact
Email: tcharles@neomed.edu
Phone Number: 330-325-6618
Appointment
Chief Marketing Officer
Biography
As chief marketing officer, Tonya Strong-Charles is responsible for all internal and external communications, effectively highlighting NEOMED’s dynamic programs, engaged faculty and outstanding students.
An accomplished marketing and communications leader, Strong-Charles has significant expertise in public relations, crisis communications and improving brand strength. She has successfully developed results-driven media outcomes centered on thought leadership, raising regional and global awareness of the institutions she has represented. Her career includes successful roles as a higher education communications strategist for both Syracuse University and John Carroll University.
Strong-Charles has earned respect on a national level for authentic storytelling through her work as an award-winning journalist. She was formerly an anchor for NBC News, and ABC affiliate, WEWS (News 5 Cleveland), receiving public service awards and industry recognition for her coverage of health care, education, family-focused features and breaking news. Most recently, she served as a news manager for Spectrum Networks in Ohio, guiding story development and leading statewide community engagement.
A native of Canton, Ohio, Strong-Charles is actively involved in the Northeast Ohio community. She is a board member of The Haven Home, which provides temporary housing for women and children who are experiencing homelessness in Cuyahoga County. She is a volunteer for the College Now Greater Cleveland (CNGC) Mentoring Program and serves on the scholarship committee for the McKinney Family Fund of the Cleveland Foundation.
Strong-Charles holds a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. She and her husband, Tony, are proud parents of a young adult son.