I am an active Venture Partner, Board Member, Business Professor and Brand Expert. 30+ years experience as company President, CMO and Strategic Business Leader spearheading strategies, steering enterprise-wide initiatives, and directing product innovations for such iconic brands as DreamWorks Animation, Mattel’s American Girl, Dell Computers, the NFL, MasterCard, and Universal Studios. Now focused on value-added board work and advising early stage companies through advising three Venture Capital firms, Listen Ventures, American Heart Association Ventures, and the Women's VC Fund, and as a board member / 'Fairy Godmother' to innovative new consumer products and content company's such as Slumberkins, and G3eSports. I teach Corporate Governance to MBA students at the University of Wisconsin.Through my past experience as Company President, CMO, and Strategic Business Leader, I have driven multi-million-dollar, profitable, scalable, sustainable growth by championing organizational mission, steering enterprise-wide global initiatives, and elevating connections between beloved brands and their consumers.With a rare gift for uncovering the high concept, emotional factors that drive decision-making within specific market sectors, I direct strategy formulation to disrupt inertia and trigger purchases and brand devotion. I have orchestrated record-breaking product and program innovations, designed compelling retail experiences and creative synergies between brand assets, delivering brand loyalty and profitable monetization. A pioneer in elevating brand engagement through dynamic digital content delivery, my understanding of consumerism in dramatically shifting environments has proven pivotal to product, program, and organizational success.