Design Leader & Environmental Advocate
Topic: Design is Your Legacy: How Your Daily Work Can Change the World.
Tessa Crews transforms organizations through purpose-driven design strategy. Drawing on over a decade of experience, she’s proving that impact and profitability aren’t opposing forces: they’re powerful allies.
Currently leading brand and communications strategy for Georgetown University’s Conference Services, she brings a unique background that blends Global Sustainability (UVA) with Design Management & Communications (Georgetown)—a rare intersection of environmental advocacy and creative thought leadership. Her graduate leadership included organizing Georgetown’s “Business as a Force for Good” summit, work that ultimately earned her selection to represent the university at the 2023 White House Forum for Community-Scale Climate Solutions.
Tessa’s signature approach to alchemizing challenges into opportunities emerged from personally transforming profound grief into renewed purpose. Having guided organizations from local apothecaries to historic institutions, she specializes in helping teams recognize that their greatest obstacles often contain their most valuable competitive advantages. Her proven framework transforms everyday work decisions into legacy-building choices that create measurable impact for both people and the planet