Elaine Tajima oversees the vision and direction for the marketing and design studio Tajima Creative, where she heads a management team of creative talent and strategists who approach marketing challenges from the inside out. Before starting Tajima Creative out of her living room in 1996, Elaine worked as creative director for leading retailers such as May Department Stores, Liz Claiborne, Target, and Mervyn’s. Elaine’s track record of retail visual merchandising excellence was instrumental in helping Tajima Creative’s client Washington Mutual conceive and execute a national retail strategy that helped the bank become one of the country’s leading financial retailers. Elaine was chosen by Graphic Design: USA magazine as one of 2003’s “People to Watch,” and her approach to retaining the industry’s best and brightest people earned her recognition as one of the nation’s “Best Bosses” of 2004 by Fortune Small Business Magazine. A board member of the Palo Alto Arts Center and Women Beyond Borders, Elaine is a believer in maintaining a balance of socially responsible clients along with the company’s core roster of corporate clients. She and Tajima Creative have been cited by Fast Company for implementing a profit-driven business strategy that is dedicated to converting a significant percentage of its billings to clients who are committed to a socially responsible business platform.

Pat Reilly is the founder and principal of PR & Company, a San Francisco-based marketing company that specializes in strategic communications and training, media relations, integrated marketing programs, flawless events and corporate social responsibility branding. Pat founded PR & Company in 1997, following national and local public affairs positions including serving as press secretary to San Francisco Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr. and the National Women’s Political Caucus and National Governors’ Association in Washington. In addition to working with a client base spanning the Fortune 100, as well as mid-size companies, nonprofits, foundations, and social entrepreneurs, PR & Company provides hundreds of hours of pro bono PR consulting to a network of non-profits, including www.GreatSchools.net, on whose board Pat sits. Pat’s work has been recognized by PR Week Magazine, the Web Marketing Association and the Public Relations Society of America.

Brad Hennig serves as Chief Marketing Officer for Tajima Creative, where he handles new business development, marketing strategy, and public relations for the agency. He also oversees the group’s social responsibility marketing projects, assisting clients with developing overall corporate social responsibility programs and with creating consistent CSR messaging and marketing tools. With 20 years of experience, Brad has worked on global and national projects for Visa, IDEO, Marriott, IMAX, and JC Penney. His work on behalf of Visa’s Olympic and Paralympic sponsorship received numerous awards, including the International Public Relations Society of America’s Golden World Award. Brad is also a feature film screenwriter, and one of his scripts is currently in development at Pink Slip Pictures in Hollywood.