Born in London, Samantha 'Sam' grew up in Kenya, East Africa where she learned first hand the challenges of poverty and community development.Founded in 2005, Reputation Dynamics (RD) provides for-profit, NGO/academic organizations with citizenship development, marketing and fund raising services that build resilient communities and improve livelihoods for the long term. RD mobilizes collective action to address critical social justice, humanitarian and environmental issues with a focus on inclusive partnership development. Key sectors span poverty, youth education, wildlife and environmental conservation, empowerment of women and conflict resolution. Sam has 15+ years of international for-profit and non-profit marketing/business development experience having worked in both agency leadership and corporate marketing roles.Formerly, Sam was the Chief Marketing Officer of GMHC, the nation’s oldest non-profit HIV/AIDS care services provider where she spearheaded a once-in-27-year rebranding initiative. Prior agency posts included Managing Director at Bozell Worldwide, Director at Kreab Gavin Anderson. Sam started her career at The Press Association in London.An advocate of ‘Aligning Profits with Purpose,’ she speaks at diverse forums such as The American Marketing Association, The Corporate Council on Africa, PRSA, Africa Travel Association, InterAction, ExecuNet, The CMO Club, Diversity Best Practices, and UN Youth Assembly. In partnership with Working Mother Media, co-chaired an educational symposium – ‘Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility and Women’ convening more than 120 representatives from the corporate, NGO and academic sectors. Most recently, spoke about ‘Development Policy/Regional Integration in Africa' at Columbia University’s, African Economic Forum and Private-Public Partnerships to Increase Women's Security at Sustainable Brands 2018, Vancouver. Reputation Dynamics is a member of the UN Global Compact.