Jen van der Meer is a strategist, teacher, and speaker focused on developing sustainable relationships between people, products, and brands. As Executive Vice President at Dachis Group, she has conducted research and brand engagement plans for Toyota, Nestle, Saucony, Neiman Marcus, and Target. A former Wall Street analyst and economist, Jen has held executive management roles at Organic and Frog Design. She has provided brand strategy, research, product design consulting, and technology marketing strategy to clients such as MTV, Chase, Nextel, Interface Inc., Disney, and GE.

Jen has a BA in comparative religion from Trinity College, and an MBA from HEC in France. In addition to serving on the boards of the Designers Accord and o2NYC, Jen writes and speaks on the topic of green marketing and design, and is an Adjunct Professor at NYU’s ITP School.