Rebecca is an outgoing, spirited leader who guides creative teams to achieve powerful results and unleash their distinct competitive advantages. Since a young age, Rebecca has been passionate about the power of well-designed experiences and environments to transport and thrill audiences. She holds a masters degree in Design Management from Savannah College of Art and Design, with specialization in service design. In 2012, Rebecca started her own design consultancy, Trestles and now works primarily as a coach to design and business leaders. She brings an eclectic professional background in qualitative market research, design strategy, and angel investment advising to bear on her day-to-day work. A natural innovator, Rebecca is always pushing the envelope of what is possible, both for Trestles and for its clients.
Prior to co-founding Trestles, Rebecca held many roles, including as Director of Artist Relations at Wedgwood Circle; Content Director at Hanover Research; and Consultant at Motiv Strategies, a service design consultancy. She has also worked briefly in-house as a service designer at Lowe’s. On a typical week, you’ll find Rebecca training a team in innovation methods, inspiring other entrepreneurs or intrapreneurs, undergirding an initiative to transform an organization’s culture or brand, or coaching a business leader on how to drive better results through authenticity.