Tawana, a former management consultant turned startup employee and entrepreneur has most recently spent the last 5 years as a global strategy and commercial leader at Meta helping over 10 million advertisers and 3 billion monthly active users find space to connect, build community, and find value together.
In October 2019, she moved with her husband and daughter from NY to Singapore to lead the Global Clients and Categories business for APAC. In this role, she leads a team advising CMOs, business leaders, and agencies for the largest and most influential Global brands across the region on how best to use mobile advertising and commerce solutions to accelerate growth of their global brands.
Prior to Meta, Tawana led brand and product teams at Intuit, LeapFrog, Pfizer, and Johnson and Johnson, building and launching hundreds of new and innovative products for brands such as QuickBooks, Listerine, Advil, and ChapStick. She’s served on numerous Diversity and Leadership councils focused on developing Women and Black Leaders.
Tawana was featured in Adweek’s 2019 Women Trailblazers for her strategic advisory and investment in over 15 companies founded by women and women of color and was a participant in the groundbreaking #biascorrect campaign aimed to help correct bias and elevate the discussion of women in leadership positions.
She holds a BA in English Literature from Rutgers University, an MA in Instructional Technology and Media from Columbia University, and an MBA from the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
In October 2019, she moved with her husband and daughter from NY to Singapore to lead the Global Clients and Categories business for APAC. In this role, she leads a team advising CMOs, business leaders, and agencies for the largest and most influential Global brands across the region on how best to use mobile advertising and commerce solutions to accelerate growth of their global brands.
Prior to Meta, Tawana led brand and product teams at Intuit, LeapFrog, Pfizer, and Johnson and Johnson, building and launching hundreds of new and innovative products for brands such as QuickBooks, Listerine, Advil, and ChapStick. She’s served on numerous Diversity and Leadership councils focused on developing Women and Black Leaders.
Tawana was featured in Adweek’s 2019 Women Trailblazers for her strategic advisory and investment in over 15 companies founded by women and women of color and was a participant in the groundbreaking #biascorrect campaign aimed to help correct bias and elevate the discussion of women in leadership positions.
She holds a BA in English Literature from Rutgers University, an MA in Instructional Technology and Media from Columbia University, and an MBA from the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
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