University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Harvard Business School

Nike Marketing  -  Brunch x Burn Founder  -  Forbes Under 30 Board Member  -  Adweek Mentor

Skills: Brand Marketing · Cross-functional Team Leadership · Business Strategy · Social Media · Digital Marketing

Nike

North America Women's Fitness Brand Marketing Lead

Forbes

Forbes Under 30, Board Member 

Skills: Social Media · Social Media Marketing · Experiences · Digital Marketing

Nike Digital Marketing Lead

The Adweek CMO Executive Mentor Program helps advance leaders in the C-Suite by uplifting qualified, diverse talent through personalized advisement and guidance from accomplished leaders. Through a thorough matching process, they pair mid to senior-level marketers with top CMOs and C-Suite members for 1:1 mentorship guidance to help accelerate their career goals. Paired with CMOs: Josh Cole and Musa Tariq.

Appointed as a Regional Lead for Adweek's Executive Mentorship program to help foster community for a group of 30+ marketing executives in the Southern California region.

Adweek

Adweek CMO Executive Mentee & Regional Community Lead

Skills: Membership · Customer Acquisition · Customer Retention · Strategic Partnerships · Digital Strategy

Nike Digital: Membership Marketing & Partnership Manager

Recruited new members, reviewed applications, collected feedback from member community and hosted member events.

Soho House & Co

Membership Committee Member

Skills: Brand Marketing · Branding · Event Management · Event Production · Partner Relationship Management · Influencer Marketing

Nike Brand: Marketing Specialist

Brunch x Burn is a pop-up fitness experience where we sweat and brunch for a cause, in partnership with local gyms/studios and restaurants. Your ticket = your donation to the cause, with proceeds benefiting a local charity. We have raised 100K+ for various charities and have contributed to the mission of 10+ nonprofit organizations across the US.

Past partners include:  Jordan Brand, Equinox, SoulCycle, Barry's Bootcamp, Title Boxing Club, Orangetheory Fitness, CorePower Yoga, sweetgreen, Jason Markk, Hyperice, Myodetox, LADDER, Heyday skincare and more.

We're grateful to have been featured in VOGUE, Forbes, FOX News, Redeye, Chicago Tribune and more.

Brunch x Burn

Founder

Skills: Creative · Photo Shoot Direction · Social Media Marketing · Web Applications · Mobile Platforms

Nike Digital: Marketing Specialist

Recognized by Women's Health Magazine as a local contributor to health and fitness culture.

In this role, I represented the magazine and trialed innovative fitness and health-related products, offering insights/feedback. I also helped drive participation for the Women’s Health “RUN 10 FEED 10” 10K race supporting UN’s World Food Program, The Feed Foundation.

Women's Health Magazine

Women's Health Mag Ambassador

JuiceRx

Social Media Marketing Manager

Skills: Retail · Brand Ambassadorship · Brand Ambassador Events · Training · Studio Management

Kate Ruda