Georgina Bliss
Assistant Director
Georgina loves her role as an Assistant Director & CliftonStrengths Certified Coach. Contact Georgina or register for an appointment; Georgina sees students for all appointment types and loves helping students develop Life Design plans and pursue their purpose. A fun fact: Georgina loved French and pursued a career using her French – in cosmetics marketing! Reach out to her LINK HERE.
Georgina is certified in Gallup CliftonStrength, a leading Education Assessment Model measuring an individual’s natural processing and action talents. (based on what you do!) Georgina participates in the JEDI initiative and is a proud captain of the JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion) team, Identity & Privilege | Intersectionality.
Georgina will be instructing Principles of Marketing (BUS 111) this fall and has supported Junior and Senior Seminars, Courses in Advertising, Sales, and Marketing, co-taught the AMA Case Competition (2018-19) and more recently launched a 7-week course called “Discover Your Strengths” (WPD 394). Sign up for one of Georgina’s programs or her course!
Georgina is passionate about marketing and co-advises the campus chapter of the American Marketing Association Student Marketing Team. Since 2019, the team has won an award every year including Top Small Chapter for 2 years. The AMA is treated as a practicum for aspiring marketers and is open to all students and majors. Learn more HERE
Georgina completed a Master of Arts in Leadership Studies at Northern Vermont University/Vermont State in 2022, presented her inquiry project, “An Analysis of Clifton Strengths Development Education as a core element of Higher Education Curriculum”, and won second prize at the annual AMA Collegiate Conference. Georgina is a proud graduate of the University of Vermont where she completed a double major in French and Political Science with Honors and obtained a Professional Certificate in Digital Marketing and “Dealing with Difficult People”.
Georgina spent 30 years as a brand marketing manager-strategist working for the New York-based prestige consumer product industry, including Estee Lauder International, Guerlain, Inc., Sanofi Beauty, Davidoff of Geneva, and consultant at Veranda. She has taught in a wide range of settings for 25 years having received formal training from the Virginia Theological Seminary.