Faculty

Tina Sharkey is a distinguished brand builder, board member, advisor, investor, founder, and educator. Currently Lecturer, Business of Innovation at the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy, Tina’s pioneering ideas include co-created and branded community playbooks, powering roadmaps, loyalty and beloved enterprise brands, to purpose-driven innovation and entrepreneurship, establishing frameworks for the New Economy.

A Henry Crown Fellow at The Aspen Institute, Tina works with corporations, startups, nonprofits, and academia, driving digital transformation and impacting C-suite strategy with a distinctive approach that balances profit with purpose, guiding business evolution. She has been instrumental in shaping community, consumer, mobile, and social platforms, and retail sectors through her work in creating and scaling innovative global brands, including iVillage, Brandless, and Johnson and Johnson’s BabyCenter. As an advisor and board member for organizations like PBS, Havenly, and Heyday, Tina leverages her expertise to provide strategic guidance and influences growth for enterprises such as GAP Inc, Microsoft, and RockCreek, as well as startups like Stride Funding and IPSY, the world's largest beauty community.

An engaging global speaker and moderator, Tina challenges conventional thinking  that sparks transformative action. Her contributions to business innovation and strategic leadership have earned her recognition as one of the Top 100 People Transforming Business by Business Insider, Top Women in Tech by Fast Company, one of the 50 most daring entrepreneurs by Entrepreneur Magazine, Top Women in Retail by NRF, and receiving two-time recognition by Goldman Sachs as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs.