Jon Vogel '11 on Becoming an Entrepreneur, Rowan Alumni Board, & Connecting With Students

Jon J. Vogel '11 is an entrepreneur, marketer, philanthropist, and educator who earned his BS in Entrepreneurship from Rowan University and an MBA in Marketing from Drexel University. He is the co-founder and principal of 215 Marketing, an award-winning Philadelphia-based marketing agency recognized on the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Private Companies in America (2023), Adweek’s Top 50 Fastest Growing Agencies in the World (2025), and the Philadelphia Business Journal’s Fast 50 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the Greater Philadelphia region (2025). Together with its sister agency, Units Franchise Marketing, 215 Marketing has also been a back-to-back winner of Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Franchise Suppliers. Vogel joined Beyond the Brown & Gold to discuss his days at Rowan University and his rise in the entrepreneurship world. He shared methods on connecting with students, lessons in marketing, why Disney World is one of his favorite places, and much more.