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About Me
I built my career from many angles—as a business owner, nonprofit director, and creative leader for major brands. I've spent decades moving fluidly among corporate strategy, entrepreneurial ventures, and community impact work, allowing me to see creative challenges through multiple lenses and build solutions.
My career spans three decades of crafting compelling brand narratives for industry leaders, including Microsoft, Nordstrom, Instacart, Walgreens, and AT&T. I've built and led creative teams, launched departments from the ground up, and developed innovative strategies that drive customer engagement and strengthen donor relations across corporate, entrepreneurial, and nonprofit sectors.
I'm a vegetarian, 20-year breast cancer survivor, and founder of The Pink Daisy Project, a grass-roots non-profit that's been providing care and comfort to young moms with breast cancer since 2008. In 2011, I was recognized as a CNN Hero. Not bad considering I had no experience in the nonprofit arena. It just goes to show I can go after what I want and succeed.
At this stage of my life, I'm less interested in titles and more interested in working with families and helping create calm from chaos. I hope to put my passion and experience to work in a meaningful and supportive way.
I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, where I still live with two big orange cats and a tiny dog.
debbie.cantwell@gmail.com | 425-785-0753