Maria’s communications experience spans the fields of corporate social responsibility, consumer brand marketing, nonprofit consulting, and social entrepreneurship. She has more than a decade of experience providing communications strategy and execution support to Fortune 50 executives and to Michigan-based nonprofit organizations and funders.

Before joining Endeavor Detroit, Maria worked as Director of Communications for an advisory firm supporting high quality, high impact client engagement solutions to mission-driven organizations. Prior to that, she worked for PepsiCo, Inc. in New York where she managed a variety of communications functions.

Maria earned her BA in Communications from Michigan State University.