Mallory Willsea
Principal and Co-Founder, Willsea Consulting Services
Marketing strategist, keynote speaker, podcast host, and co-creator of the Let’s Go Upstate retreat. Former VP of Marketing at Element451 and Chief Strategist at Enrollify, where she helped build the largest podcast network in higher ed marketing.
About Mallory.
Mallory Willsea is a strategist and consultant working at the intersection of higher education, media, and AI. She spent several years as VP of Marketing and Demand Generation at Element451, an AI-powered student engagement CRM, and concurrently served as Chief Strategist at Enrollify, where she helped architect the largest podcast network focused on higher ed marketing.
She co-hosts two podcasts, Higher Ed Pulse and Higher Ed Icons, delivering fast-format news, trend analysis, and candid conversations for enrollment and marketing professionals. She also co-founded Let's Go Upstate, a curated retreat that brings senior higher ed leaders together for connection and strategy. Her LinkedIn presence consistently surfaces commentary on AI strategy, institutional narrative, and enrollment marketing.
In April 2025, Mallory launched Willsea Consulting LLC, helping edtech companies and agencies build authority through market presence and influence. She embeds with teams to shape that presence so it feels true to their voice and ties directly to the metrics that matter: demand, pipeline, and revenue.
