Faith Legendre
Sr. Circular Economy Strategist
Cisco
Faith is a Circular Economy Solutions Strategist who believes that we can bring the global circular economy to fruition by strategically implementing people and technology at the right points in the interconnected loops.
Drawing on her background spanning training, strategy, innovation, and design thinking, she innovates and incubates new services as a member of the Cisco Customer Experience team, where she has consulted to more than 155 organizations worldwide. She also serves as Inclusion and Collaboration ambassador for the Cisco program. She is a sought-out speaker on emerging trends, future thinking, implementation, marketing, piloting, and training and was awarded Trainer of the Year in 2008 by Training Magazine.
Prior to joining Cisco, she had her own consulting business where she supported the School-to-Work program, the US Navy, The Center for Client Retention and several other clients. She is an Aspen Institute First Mover Fellow of the Class of 2017 where her Next Stage Innovation Project was executed to move Cisco towards greater strategic integration of business success and positive social impact.
Faith serves as a judge for the Global SDG Awards - an international sustainability initiative designed to increase private sector engagement with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She works with and advises students and projects with Arizona State University, Columbia University, New York Institute of Technology, New York University, and the University of California. She also serves on the sparks & honey Advisory Board. She holds a BA in Journalism and an MS in Organization & Management.