Meredith Ferguson

Managing Director, DoSomething Strategic

Meredith Ferguson is the Managing Director of DoSomething Strategic—the consulting arm of DoSomething.org (the largest organization for young people and social impact)—which gleans data-driven insights from DoSomething’s over 6 million members to help brands connect with young consumers through social impact.Meredith’s career has spanned both client and agency roles, where she's led youth-focused engagement and business-driving strategies for national retail, health, and restaurant brands. She speaks globally on the power of young people + purpose, including at ANA, PSFK, Brand ManageCamp, IEG, and &Then.

Meredith is an adjunct professor of Public Interest Marketing at Fordham University, a Women@Forbes contributing columnist, and has served as a judge for the Positive Change Effie Awards and the D&AD Impact Awards. She is a graduate of Vanderbilt Law School where she was a founding member of the Vanderbilt Child & Family Law Clinic. When not striving to bake the perfect chocolate chip cookie, Meredith can be found watching a musical or walking through Central Park with her husband and two kids.