Tran Courtney

Tran is the Senior Marketing Manager and leads the strategic planning of marketing initiatives and events for the USC Stevens Center.

Working closely with USC leadership, Tran develops custom marcom plans to promote the university’s research, licensing, and commercialization of technology. Prior to joining USC, she spent seven years at Harvard Business School (HBS) developing and managing their health care marketing initiatives, amplifying faculty research, leading content creation, promoting the Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator and the Health Acceleration Challenge, and advising HBS alumni and Harvard-affiliated postdocs admitted into the Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship program with their go-to-market branding strategy. In addition, Tran has held leadership roles at various organizations including The Aspen Institute, IHG Hotels & Resorts, Shopzilla, and found her passion for storytelling when she worked at a television station.

Tran received her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English and Marketing from Old Dominion University.