ABOUT ME
Growing up under the wide skies of rural South Texas instilled in me a deep connection with nature while sports, like tennis and surfing, taught me determination and a life long love of learning. With a passion for creative arts, I moved to New York City for college, trading blue horizons for tall skyscrapers and vibrantly diverse communities.
Curiosity and a love of learning are my transformational motivators. After starting a design career, I spent a year in Paris studying art history, learning French, and deepening my understanding of how culture, our technologies, and objects become our connection to the world around us. Curious about how design frameworks applied to business and client relationships, I launched an award-winning start-up as mother of two baby girls in 2009. A passion for transforming business to be people and planet first, led me to begin tech consulting across industries and I completed an MBA in 2019 specializing in global sustainability.
My work has been an evolving story of transformation. As a designer, I learned the importance of listening and building trust by creating products and processes that could be easily personalized for each individual. As a speaker and workshop facilitator, I curate group activities that allow teams to learn and practice creative leadership skills, becoming storytellers and participants in our emerging futures. Additionally, as a digital workplace consultant, the design of a workplace becomes the fertile soil where change is able to take root and grow, transforming entire organizations.
As a wife and mother of two teenage daughters — we split our family time between NYC art shows, dancing, and live music, while restoring a farmhouse upstate, where I garden, hike and enjoy making things with my hands. In the city, with my mini Golden-doodle Billie always by my side, I spend a few hours every week connecting the housing insecure in Washington Square Park to safe havens that support transitions into more secure lifestyles.
Whether designing, building businesses, or exploring the world, I’m driven by creative connections — to nature, people, and ideas. I believe the best solutions come from curiosity, creativity and an open heart.
Jessica taking Billie for a walk in upstate NY where she often spends weekends with her husband and two daughters.
DESIGN STRATEGY
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
—Albert Einstein”
AI and machine learning will speed up the delivery of data and insights, allowing people in business to focus more on creative ways to adapt products and services to the delight of our ultimate customer, people and planet.
TRANSFORMATION
“True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
—Helen Keller”
Transformation is a duel process that, first, recognizes what has purpose and, second, creates space for what is ready to emerge.
ADAPTATION
““The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.”
— Amelia Earhart”
Our natural ecosystems evolve and, so should too, how we work. Today’s climate risks and technology advancements require consistent adaptation to maintain relevance. Systemic change starts with ourselves, meaning connection and inclusive collaboration will lead us towards desired future outcomes.
“To deliver consistent growth over time, companies need a big mindset shift: Leaders need to focus less on tactics for achieving short-term growth and more on building a fundamental engine of long-term growth.”
