Founder/CEOThe Global Brain
My professional life started as an intern for Ogilvy. I earned a degree in mass communications and continued to develop my career in communications and marketing working for agencies like Publicis, Grey, and BBDO, establishing my career as an executive producer. I lived in the Advertising world for about 25 years, receiving awards and recognitions from The Clio, New York Festival and FIAP, among others. I have been fortunate enough to work for incredible brands, managing and supervising projects for companies including Verizon, Anheuser-Busch/Budweiser, MillerCoors Brewing Company, Procter and Gamble, Splenda, Unilever, Allstate Insurance, Bally Total Fitness, Sears, Honda Motors, Toyota, Pepsi and Walmart.
Years a go I shifted my focus toward purpose-driven work. I decided to dive deeply into my life-long passion, environmental and social issues. This led me to earn an MA in global sustainability from UCLA, which then empowered me to combine my experience in the creative industries with my core passion and knowledge for building a more sustainable world and create The Global Brain Foundation, a creative-innovation agency headquartered in Boulder, CO.
The Global Brain was launched on April 11, 2014, during the Media 4 Social Impact Summit at the United Nations. We are currently supporting the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Post-2015 Development Agenda and Climate Change Support Team, developing a global campaign called the People + Planet Project (P+PP) to foster the UN Sustainable Development Goals and new Climate Agreements post-2015.
I am driven by my desire to live in a world where nature has a stake in creating laws and policies that will shape the world, and where people, companies and organizations collaborate to build a sustainable future. I am on the advisory board of Emerging Women, and recently relocated from Los Angeles to Boulder, CO, with Bianca, my adorable springer spaniel.