Seth Meranda

Director of Marketing & Communications

Seth Meranda serves as the Director of Marketing & Communications at Southeast Community College, guiding the institution’s brand vision, outreach strategies, and collaborative creative team. With more than two decades of experience across higher education leadership, consulting, and entrepreneurship, he brings a practical, modern approach to sharing SCC’s story throughout the region.

A Lincoln native, Meranda began his higher education career at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln as a User Experience Architect and Assistant Director for Interactive Media before spending nine years as Senior Director of Marketing & Communication at Concordia University. Beyond campus leadership, he has partnered with chief marketing officers nationwide as an Account Director with SimpsonScarborough and Associate Consultant with Ruffalo Noel Levitz.

Grounded in community connection and an entrepreneurial spirit, Meranda understands the vital role local institutions play in helping people and neighborhoods thrive. Alongside maintaining a long-standing freelance digital consultancy, he also owns White or Wheat, a sandwich shop in Lincoln.

Meranda holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing and Advertising from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and an MBA in Marketing from Concordia University. He lives in Lincoln with his wife Melissa and their four children.