Megan M Trainor
Senior Lecturer Senior Director of Program Administration, Administrative Sciences
A marketing and entrepreneurship educator specializing in experiential learning and innovation, Dr. Megan M Trainor brings to Metropolitan College a strong background in sales, management, and marketing strategy. She has been teaching business and marketing for over fifteen years, most recently at Nichols College, where she cultivated an entrepreneurial incubator environment and served as a mentor for many students entering their marketing careers. Cross-functional leadership, marketing communications, corporate partnerships, marketing management, and data-driven decision-making are among her strengths. Dr. Trainor’s industry experience is extensive, notably 12 years spent with Anheuser-Busch subsidiary the Busch Entertainment Corporation, where she was national director of partnership marketing, a role that saw her develop and execute countrywide strategies. In this role, she secured $35 million in revenue by forging partnerships with Fortune 100 companies, including Ford Motor Company, Motorola, Fuji, Southwest Airlines, and Ralston-Purina. Trainor is highly practiced at fostering partnerships between education and industry on surveys and focus groups, and has taught classes in data analytics, digital marketing, social media marketing, and market research, among others.