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Patty Breech, CEO

Patty spent five years working for the BlinkNow Foundation in Nepal, an organization changing the world by empowering Nepal’s youth. During that time, she grew the organization’s social media following by 2600% and tripled the size of the supporter database. She also led a marketing campaign to successfully convince the world to vote for the organization’s founder as the 2015 CNN Hero of the Year award.

A self-proclaimed data geek, Patty is forever crunching numbers and studying spreadsheets. She loves putting systems into place to help teams work more efficiently.

A graduate of Yale University, Patty lives in Boulder, Colorado.

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Julia Molinaro, Digital Marketing Director

Julia is a graduate of the Questrom School of Business at Boston University. She spent two years working in Nepal for the BlinkNow Foundation as Communications Director, where she created content, managed the organization's social media presence, and dove into analytics to strategically grow and engage its community of supporters around the world. 

She also spent two years working for the Voyageur Outward Bound School in Minnesota, instructing month-long canoeing and backpacking expeditions for at-risk youth. When she's not in the office, Julia can be found outside: hiking, biking, paddling, or skiing, depending on the season. She currently lives in Burlington, Vermont. 

 
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Michelle Shen, Digital Marketing Consultant

Michelle most recently served as head of Marketing & Communications at Music Will, a leading music education nonprofit, overseeing strategy and execution of the organization's public branding. Prior, she was a Marketing Manager at UPS growing the global company's New York metropolitan area client base. Michelle has a passion for sharing amazing stories and helping brands reach their full potential.

Having received her undergraduate business degree from The College of New Jersey and her Master of Business Administration from New York University, Michelle has lived most of her life on the east coast. In recent years, she's been in Austin, TX where she's spending time exploring new places with her dog, Whiskey.

 
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Erin Miller, Digital Marketing Intern

Erin is a current senior at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder, proudly from the Inland Northwest region. She will complete her degree in Business Management and Entrepreneurship with an emphasis in Social Responsibility and Sustainability and a minor in Political Science in May 2024. She studied in Spain to complete a Global Business certification and completed a certification in Ethics by being one of three undergraduate representatives for Leeds at the Vail Ethical Leadership Summit. 

Erin has worked as an administrator for YMCA Camp Reed, a mission-driven summer camp north of Spokane, Washington, and as a recreation specialist for the Youth Services Initiative at the Boulder Parks and Recreation Department. She is honored to add her internship at The Purpose Collective to the list! Outside of the office (and class!), Erin can be found crafting, hiking, skiing, thrifting, traveling, and bothering her parents for pictures of their dogs. 

 
 

Libby DeLana, Affiliated Consultant

Libby is a Creative Director and Co-Founder of the creative agency Mechanica. Prior to Mechanica she was the Design Director at MullenLowe for 15 years. Libby’s work has won many industry awards, has been featured in publications like PRINT Design Annual, Graphis Design & Logo, Fast Company, Communication Arts, and has been profiled by the BBC for the series called The Chain in which, “leading figures name the woman who’s inspired their success for the next interview in this audio chain.”

Libby is also very committed to purpose-driven organizations and is currently on the Board of Directors for BlinkNow.Org and The Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center. She also contributes as much time as possible to 3%Movement, Period, and Stoked.

Libby lives in Newburyport, Massachusetts, is a kombucha jedi, type nerd, impatient knitter, aspiring pilot, rookie fly fisherman, advocate for female leadership, and mom to two amazing tall boys.

 
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