Wren Aigaki-Lander

Wren Aigaki-Lander is a seasoned professional with a vast experience helping companies unlock their potential and build impact through meaningful action. With a focus on 21st century ways of living and working, she uses purpose and values to guide the best strategy and delivery and shape measures of profit and impact. Her academic background is solid, with a Bachelor of Science, Business, International Finance and Economics from the University of Southern California and an MBA, Business/CSR from ESADE Business School.

She has supported start-ups to corporates in various industries such as corporate responsibility, urban placemaking, sustainable branding, impact investment, sustainability reporting, creative industry sustainability, and consumer engagement across the US, Spain, and the UK. In the organizations she has worked with, she has brought her learnings from the world’s leading PR, advertising, comms, and mission-based marketing agencies to deliver on big visions locally and globally.

Ms. Aigaki-Lander has been the COO at the Centre for Thriving Places, Head of Development at the same organization, Marketing Director, and Consultant at neighborly.com and Lander Group Urban Placemaking. As an Advisory Committee member at Women Effect, a Partner at Within People, a Board Member at Julie's Bicycle, and Director of EnviroMarketing at MusicMatters (Effect Partners), she has made substantive contributions to shape the landscape of social finance, business models for renewable energy and community philanthropy, and transit-oriented development.

Her expertise in purpose-oriented business, sustainable media, and networks and community development has made her an outstanding consultant at Futerra Sustainability Communications, where she served as the head of client services/Head of Strategic Projects. Overall, she has a unique blend of academic, practical experience and well-documented contributions across various sectors that make her a force to reckon with in her field.