Lili Gil Valletta
Lili is a former corporate executive turned entrepreneur, Cultural Intelligence® expert, and television business commentator known for her analysis of data and cultural trends to impact businesses. As an immigrant from Colombia, who came to the U.S. at the age of 17 without speaking English, she embodies the American Dream going from corporate executive turned entrepreneur. After a successful corporate career, including a 10-year tenure at Johnson & Johnson, where she pioneered multicultural marketing efforts for the Pharma sector and co-founded the Hispanic employee resource group "HOLA", Lili co-founded the marketing agency CIEN+ and the market research tech firm CulturIntel. With offices in the U.S. and Latin America, her firm offers proprietary research, business strategy and inclusive marketing solutions to brands and companies that want to accelerate their impact and growth in today's highly diverse world. Some of her clients include Google, GSK, Johnson & Johnson, Kellogg's, Kroger, Merck/ MSD, PepsiCo, Prudential, among other iconic Fortune 500's.
Lili is one of less than 1% of Latinas serving on a Fortune 500+ public board, as an independent director for the global retailer Zumiez (NASDAQ: ZUMZ) and RCN Television (BVC: RCNTELEVI). She also serves as Chairwoman of the FRIENDS of the National American Latino Museum and part of the Operating Executive Board of AUA Private Equity Partners. Lili is a sought after global speaker and academic lecturer, known for her TEDx talk called, "Diversity is Overrated" and is a regular independent TV commentator to various national networks like Fox Business, Fox News, CNN, NTN24, among others..
