Strategic Advisory Board
The Strategic Advisory Board is the oversight and advisory committee for the PGN National Council
Gabe Rodriguez
Advisory Board Member
Gabe is currently the General Manager of a local HVAC maintenance and service provider in Miami. Prior to his current position, Gabe worked for Nielsen and Ecolab in a financial capacity, including international work in Latin America, China, South Africa, and Europe. He graduated magna cum laude from Cornell in 2013 with a B.S. in Applied Economics and Strategy.
Tuesday Hagiwara
Advisory Board Member
Tuesday Hagiwara is Vice President of Content Strategy & Creative Services. Her team creates purposeful and compelling experiences across channels that bring to life the important work of Catalyst, accelerating gender parity in organizations around the world.
Tuesday is a seasoned Marcom leader, storyteller, and changemaker with a mission to push companies, leaders, and brands to break barriers and build a better, more equal, and sustainable world.
Most recently, she served as a Content Strategist at Accenture Song, focusing on reimagining the web content strategy for Fortune 100 technology companies. Prior to that, she spent over a decade at Nielsen, where she led record-breaking content marketing campaigns, built customer-centric relationship marketing programs, streamlined editorial processes, and worked across the business to elevate client experiences.
She holds an MS in Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern University and a BS in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Illinois.
Tuesday also served as Executive Director for PGN for 7 years.
Ryan Kimura
Advisory Board Member
Ryan is currently the Director of Product Marketing at SPINS, helping good food brands grow using the power of tech, data, and smart minds. An entrepreneur and strategic thinker at heart, Ryan co-founded Local Foods after getting his start doing consulting work at Deloitte. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006 with a degree in Business Administration and a degree in Psychology.
Stephanie Ko
Advisory Board Member
Stephanie is currently the Founder and CEO of Wayfinder Ventures LLC, where she assists brands in scaling their sales, marketing, and go-to-market strategies within the retail sector. She was previously an Enterprise Manager in Retail & Incubation for DoorDash in New York and also worked as a Buyer in Home Health Care and as a Digital Brand Manager for Walmart. She graduated cum laude from Cornell University in 2014 with a degree in Applied Economics and Management. Outside of the office, Stephanie enjoys spending time training for long distance cycling and studying and teaching vinyasa yoga.
William Waldron
Advisory Board Member
William is currently a Lead Analyst at Nexamp, where he focuses on understanding how utility operations and community solar laws impact operations and customers. Previously, he was a Client Manager for Nielsen in the Greater Chicago area, where he worked closely with the analytics and insights teams at a major CPG company. Prior to Nielsen, William worked as an Ad Solutions analyst helping to craft stories around Nielsen TV Brand Effect data. William graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in Marketing and Operations Management and a degree in Marketing and Operations and Supply Chain Management in 2015.
