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Gouri LeDonne

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Director of Brand Strategy at Progressive Insurance
📍 Ladera Ranch, California, United States

Gouri LeDonne is a brand transformation leader with over 15 years of experience at companies like Progressive, Nestlé, and Unilever. She specializes in building high-performing teams and developing purpose-driven marketing strategies to accelerate revenue growth. She holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellons Tepper School of Business.

Outside of work, Gouri is passionate about community involvement. She has volunteered with her therapy dog to help children improve their reading skills. She also lends her voice to narrate public domain audiobooks of classic literature and poetry, demonstrating a love for the spoken word.

She and her family volunteered with their therapy dog, Sidney, in a local program to help children feel more comfortable reading aloud.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Director of Brand Strategy
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Ladera Ranch, California, United States
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Purpose-Driven Branding
Her work at Unilever and Progressive involved launching purpose-driven campaigns. She also posts online about the importance of brand purpose in the age of AI.
Community Literacy
She has volunteered with her family and their therapy dog, Sidney, to help children practice and improve their reading skills in a comfortable, non-judgmental environment.
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Career

Work history

8-2023
Director of Brand Strategy
Progressive Insurance
10-2019 - 8-2023
Head of Marketing, BOOST
Nestlé
1-2014 - 10-2019
Senior Global Marketing Manager
Unilever
10-2012 - 8-2013
Senior Product Manager
Matthews International
10-2011 - 10-2012
Brand Manager Ketchup Condiments Sauces
The Kraft Heinz Company
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Education
2-2022 - 5-2022
EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
Yale School of Management
2007 - 2009
MBA
Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business
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