SAMANTHA TAYLOR – Founder and President

Born in London, Samantha 'Sam' grew up in Kenya, East Africa where she learned first hand the challenges of poverty and community development.

Sam founded Reputation Dynamics in 2005 to provide for-profit and NGO/social enterprise organizations with local and global citizenship development. Reputation Dynamics specializes in creating innovative, partnerships that encourages the private-public sectors to act as a united force for social and environmental sustainability.

An advocate for businesses to make the world a better place, she inspires a diverse range of organizations on long-term approaches for improving the wellbeing of communities by facilitating holistic partnerships. Client highlights include American Forests, the nations oldest conservation organization, providing corporate development consulting for more than six years.

Key sectors span environmental conservation, youth education, women’s economic empowerment, arts and wellness. Sam is an early innovator in business and social innovation development.

Sam has 15+ years of international for-profit and nonprofit marketing and development experience having worked in both agency leadership and corporate marketing roles within the financial services sector.  Formerly, Sam was the Chief Marketing Officer of GMHC, the nation’s oldest non-profit HIV/AIDS care services provider where she spearheaded a once-in-27-year rebranding initiative.  Prior agency posts included the posts of Managing Director at Bozell Worldwide and Director at Kreab Gavin Anderson. Sam started her career at The Press Association in London.

Sam speaks at diverse industry forums such as The American Marketing Association, The Corporate Council on Africa, PRSA, Africa Travel Association, InterAction, ExecuNet, The CMO Club, Diversity Best Practices, Columbia University and UN Youth Assembly.  In partnership with Working Mother Media, she co-chaired an educational symposium - ‘Corporate Social Responsibility and Women’ - convening more than 120 representatives from the corporate, NGO and academic sectors. Recent engagements include ‘The Nuts and Bolts of Corporate Partnerships’ for InterAction’s Private Sector Working group, ‘Development Policy/Regional Integration in Africa’ at Columbia University’s: African Economic Forum, ‘Building Meaningful Partnerships for Impact’ for Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, ‘Private-Public Partnerships to Increase Women’s Economic Security’ at Sustainable Brands, ‘Leveraging Private Wealth’ at High Water Women: Investing for Impact Symposium.

Sam's personal storytelling platform is Elephant Art illustrating the hope and spirit of the endangered elephant species, preservation of nature, communities and wildlife for future generations. She serves on the Development Committee for the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Founded in 1902, Byrdcliffe is one of the earliest utopian art communities in America.

For information about consulting services, interest in Sam participating as a speaker/designing a workshop, engaging in dialogue, please contact:

sam@reputation-dynamics.com - 917 647 4787