Michael Ventura is the CEO and founder of Sub Rosa, a strategy and design firm that has worked with some of the world’s largest and most important brands, organizations, and start-ups—from Johnson & Johnson, Pantone, and Adobe to the TED Conference, Delta Airlines, and The Daily Show. He has served as a board member and advisor to a variety of organizations including Behance, the Burning Man Project, the Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, and Tribal Link Foundation. Ventura is also a visiting lecturer at institutions such as Princeton University and the United States Military Academy at West Point. In addition to these pursuits, he leads a thriving indigenous medicine practice where he works with patients to help them address illness and injury of all types. A passionate entrepreneur, he also owns and operates a globally recognized design store in New York’s West Village with his wife, Caroline. Applied Empathy is his first book. |
