Laura Bowling, Founder, Pure Dakota Design
About
Laura Bowling is a branding and sustainability executive with exceptional design skills and strategic marketing vision. For nearly three decades she has successfully led interdisciplinary creative teams to deliver award winning marketing ideas/campaigns/events across all media platforms for some of the world's most prestigious companies and non-profit organizations.
In the past decade she has become a global sustainability leader focused on raising public awareness and support for marine conservation, climate change, and the importance of protecting nature.
She graduated from The Ohio State University, with a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration, double majoring in Marketing and Advertising. She started her career at Procter & Gamble where she fell in love with consumer research---particularly what motivates specific behavior and why people identify with brands. To this day, she is guided by using strategic consumer insights and targeted data on behavior to shape, inform and inspire brilliant creative thinking and execution.