Strategic Advisory Board
The Strategic Advisory Board is the oversight and advisory committee for the PGN National Council
Gabe Rodriguez
Advisory Board Member
Gabe is currently the General Manager of a local HVAC maintenance and service provider in Miami. Prior to his current position, Gabe worked for Nielsen and Ecolab in a financial capacity, including international work in Latin America, China, South Africa, and Europe. He graduated magna cum laude from Cornell in 2013 with a B.S. in Applied Economics and Strategy.
Ryan Kimura
Advisory Board Member
Ryan is currently the Director of Growth Applications at SPINS, helping good food brands grow using the power of tech, data, and smart minds. An entrepreneur and strategic thinker at heart, Ryan co-founded Local Foods after getting his start doing consulting work at Deloitte. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006 with a degree in Business Administration and a degree in Psychology.
Stephanie Ko
Advisory Board Member
Stephanie is currently an Enterprise Manager in Retail & Incubation for DoorDash in New York. Prior to her current position, Stephanie worked as a Buyer in Home Health Care and as a Digital Brand Manager for Walmart. She graduated cum laude from Cornell University in 2014 with a degree in Applied Economics and Management. Outside of the office, Stephanie enjoys spending time training for long distance cycling and studying and teaching vinyasa yoga.
William Waldron
Advisory Board Member
William is currently a Client Manager for Nielsen in the Greater Chicago area, where he works closely with the analytics and insights teams at a major CPG company. Using Nielsen RMS, Homescan Panel, and Ad Intel databases, he helps his clients visualize their data and create actionable next steps for their businesses. Prior to his current role, William worked as an Ad Solutions analyst helping to craft stories around Nielsen TV Brand Effect data. William graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in Marketing and Operations Management and a degree in Marketing and Operations and Supply Chain Management in 2015.
