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Some kind words

  • Rick Turoczy | Founder, TechFest Northwest

    I love the way Mara engages with the audience. She has this unique ability to appear utterly at ease on stage, conversational, and eloquent. All while conveying ideas and concepts with a strength and approachable simplicity. Best of all, she never talks down to the crowd. She has a conversation with them.

  • Paola Moretto | Founder, Portland Women's Founders Forum

    Mara is amazing in how she connects with the audience and is able to engage people in an ongoing conversation, while at the same time touching on subjects that are simply not easy to cover in public speaking. The feedback from the group was superlative, quite frankly one of the best speakers we have ever had.

  • Paul Sas | Behavioral economist, speaker coordinator for BayCHI

    Mara gave a stellar presentation at WarmGun 2014. In conversations with other attendees, I was impressed how many others mentioned that her talk was a standout…I’ve invited hundreds of speakers to present to our group and I’d place Mara in the top tier.

Creations

I’ve been fortunate to work with a spectacular series of people over my career. Here are some of the things we’ve built together.

  • COLA Love

    We’re a catalytic community and economic development design studio co-creating Columbia, South Carolina’s beloved community from a place of love. colalove.co

  • Zebras Unite

    A founder-led, cooperatively owned movement creating the culture, capital & community for the next economy. zebrasunite.coop / zebrasunite.org

  • Hearken

    Hearken’s technology, training and consulting help newsrooms and other organizations engage their audience and community. wearehearken.com

  • BBPDX

    A community of businesses, community members, and civic leaders advancing greater shared prosperity for Portland. We’ve come together to answer our city’s greatest challenges and make real progress toward a more just and inclusive economy. bbpdx.org

  • Xcelerate

    A transformative community recognizing the systemic inequities and experiences of business owners who embody or share traits of womanhood. We work together to build economic power for those traditionally marginalized by the system today, and into the future. xceleratewomen.org

  • Neither Snow

    I believe that writing by hand matters. Ultimately, I was drawn to work that conveyed the character, soul and intentions of the person attached to the hand, and so Neither Snow was born. neithersnow.com