Gigi Louisa Johnson
EdD, MBA
Maremel Institute, Managing Partner
Rethink Next, President
Gigi Johnson is a creative technologist and futurologist — building expanded futures — with over 25 years of experience in the media and technology industries. At Maremel’s Rethink Next Lab, she runs collaborative futures programs with partners around the world. She is a frequent speaker at conferences and events on the topics of AI, media technology, and the future of creative work. At Maremel, Gigi is designing mixed-reality environments as well as producing programs on AI and new creative tools. At UCLA, she ran the UCLA Center for Music Innovation and taught MBAs and executives at UCLA Anderson about disruption in creative industries. Before UCLA, Gigi was a managing director at Bank of America, where she financed M&A in transforming media sectors. She has a doctorate in education, a UCLA MBA, and a BA from USC Cinematic Arts.
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