The Amazon Investor Coalition is a non-profit start-up on a mission to increase and improve investments in forest-friendly economic development across the Amazon region of South America. The Coalition is an impact finance learning-and-collaboration platform that convenes investors and philanthropists, in partnership with communities, companies, governments, and civil society.Jasmine joins Amazon Investor Coalition as Director of Sales and Markets to facilitate regenerative commercial partnerships between Amazonion suppliers and global buyers, serve corporate procurement, develop new markets, and support the development of a sociobioeconomy in the region.

VOZ is a global, ethical and sustainable luxury fashion brand leveraging design innovation to connect indigenous local artisans in Chile and Peru to international market opportunities. Developed pioneering business model, brand, fashion designs, website, sales distribution, and marketing campaigns since company’s inception. We brought 39 seasonal fashion collections to market through New York Fashion Week presentations and tradeshows, creating sustainable jobs for over 500 artisans in Chile and Peru over 13 years. Built sales across 65 wholesale accounts in 8 countries, global E-commerce platforms, and VOZ’s own flagship stores in NYC. Raised over $3.5M in funding from HNW individuals and Family Offices. On the supply chain side, we designed and engineered a production software to manage artisanal production and track CSR metrics. Customized CSR programs such as technical education, financial services, and health care system tailored to artisans’ needs. VOZ work benefited over 1000 producers in rural Southern Chile and Peru with job opportunities.Honors and Awards include: Vogue.com’s “top Sustainable Designer,” I Fund Women grant winner, Unreasonable Goals Fellow, Nexus Fellow, Pipeline Angels Portfolio Member, Start Up Chile Fellow, UN Woman UN Trust Fund Brand Partner, Coca Cola EKOCYCLE Sustainable Fashion Leader, Elle Style360 Emerging Designer Award, and Ethical Fashion Forum’s 2013 International Design Leader

Support Mercado Global's Founder with strategic marketing, sales and distribution support for their handcrafted fair trade shoe collection out of Guatemala.

Worked with the MCN Foundation on their project Scarlett Poppy, an ethical fashion initiative in India bringing fair wage fashion production work to hundreds of artisan women and survivors of domestic violence. Provided a 360-audit of the brand and product catalog, establishing their E-Commerce infrastructure, inventory management, and POS platform. I performed market research, set new strategic pricing, redesigned website, created product copy templates for all categories, and set up sales distribution channels online and with strategic retail partners.

Supported Teysha's founding team with marketing, sales and distribution strategy of their artisanal and fair trade shoe collection made in Latin America.

Through a Stanford Post-Graduate Haas Fellowship, worked with a Mapuche indigenous artisan community to co-develop and bring to market a collection of modern fair trade accessories that provided them ongoing work opportunities. Taught local design innovation workshops to the weavers and exhibited designs at international trade shows, establishing substantial sales channel. Consulted on brand identity and website, established sales distribution channels in the United States and Europe, and designed scalable ESG-driven production and quality control systems.

Implement VOZ' collaborative design workshops and business model.

Assistant to lead designer of museum exhibit and furniture design firm. Created graphic illustrations and physical prototypes of portions of history museum that required mechanical and aesthetic resolution and involved creative input to lead designer on aesthetic and engineering aspects. Designs now exhibited at the California History Museum's permanent collection.

Academic thesis on ceremonial design in indigenous society involving a month of research with Quero shamans and designers in the Andean region of Peru and two months of original design work in metal. This work aimed to re-define the parameters of “functional design” from a perspective of cultural understanding and incorporate concepts of sustainability and spirituality into modern design methodology.

Designed graphic interfaces, icons, and design themes for several user-interactive technological systems. Collaborated with computer scientists to create interfaces for their voice recognition programs.

Responsibilities included PR campaigns, fundraising, marketing and graphic design. I helped design the main brochure now in use, organized a major press conference at the Capital in Washington D.C., marketed our first policy journal, and fundraised in San Francisco and New York.