Megan is a naturally collaborative leader. She moves people to action by combining strategy and sensitivity. She enjoys designing benevolent systems that drive creation and change, and she is successful because years of working in storytelling and podcasts have refined and strengthened her listening skills. Megan focuses on people, place, data, privacy, and clear storytelling to inspire people to do new things.
Megan has been a speaker and instructor at events at IDEO, Google, University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Designers + Geeks, The 3% Conference, FABERNOVEL, Digital Summit and more.
Most recently Megan worked as a strategic communications lead for Project ECHO, an educational and mentorship model used in healthcare, education, and climate change. While there she facilitated necessary conversations about AI, privacy, data quality, and user experience with the Project ECHO platform. She drove content and communications initiatives designed to accelerate scale while gathering partner feedback to increase satisfaction, adoption, and fuel improvements in the full user experience.
Megan was hired to be a lead for communications and marketing for the Chief Diversity Office at Genentech, a biotech company in South San Francisco. There she pitched innovative ideas for fostering diversity and inclusion, and spearheaded an accessibility and content reform on internal communications, resulting in a nearly 20% increase email open rate. While at Genentech, she was a key member of the team who produced the 2022 Diversity & Inclusion Annual Report. Prior to the CDO, Megan also worked in Organizational Change Management at global pharmaceutical leader Roche. There she was part of a high-performing team charged with implementing a transformational, high-priority clinical operations project using Veeva. This project encompassed clinical operations, quality, and RIM, with a global user base of over 13,000 people.
Megan also had a stint at Meow Wolf, a high-growth “mind bending” immersive experience company. There she worked across departments to develop rich digital storytelling experiences that bridged location-based exhibitions, while driving privacy and accessibility practices to broaden audiences and deepen connections. Before Meow Wolf, Megan was recruited to EY (Advisory, wavespace) as the company’s first storyteller. There she split her time between executive and brand communications and designing/facilitating innovation events for client transformation initiatives.
While living in Oakland, Megan enjoyed three years as a Regional Producer for the beloved nonprofit storytelling organization, The Moth. She produced 75+ sold out Bay Area live events for thousands of Moth fans, coaching storytellers and facilitating memorable experiences for diverse Moth audiences.
An important part of Megan's understanding of digital content and experience comes from her background in technology. Prior to Indie Thinking, Megan co-founded and was CEO and managing partner of Lokion, a technology consulting studio specializing in complex business and consumer content and commerce projects for clients like The National Civil Rights Museum, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Smith and Nephew, FedEx, Scripps, Memphis Grizzlies, and Hilton Hotels.
Certifications include Advanced Data Journalism - Data Reporting & Mapping Tools from the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas (Oct 2023), How to Use Chat GPT & generative AI in Your Newsroom from the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas (Oct 2023) and Group 1 Biomedical research Investigator from CITI (expires Sep 2026).
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