Drake University has hired the founder of a Des Moines communications company to lead the university’s award-winning magazine media program. Catherine Staub, CEO of Lexicon Content Marketing, will serve as the new Peggy Fisher and Larry Stelter Chair of Magazine Journalism in Drake’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Staub will be responsible for directing Drake’s magazine program and overseeing the E.T. Meredith Center for Magazine Studies. Prior to launching the agency in 2003, Staub held positions with Meredith Corp. and Wells Fargo. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English, a master’s degree in journalism and a doctoral degree in education from Drake.