Trish(a) Hautéa, MAT, MBA, (she/her/siya) is an executive advisor & consultant for small businesses, Fortune 100/500 companies, academic institutions, boutique law firms, financial advisory firms, and nonprofits. She is additionally an experienced educator and public speaker. She's worked on various issues, including environmental sustainability, accessibility to the arts, genetics education on a Congressional level (with NASA and leaders of CRISPR), and social justice; affiliated institutions include Harvard Medical School, MIT, and The Aspen Institute. Though no longer a formal classroom educator, she is passionate about disseminating information through research and teaching and inspiring others to take action for social change.

 

Her journey into social entrepreneurship began at MIT's Media Lab and IDEO, where she honed skills in innovation, human-centered design, and scalable impact. She now focuses on executive positioning and partnerships in entertainment and creator economy with companies like Nickelodeon and Paramount. She enjoys bringing people together for collaboration, connection, and partnership opportunities across multiple industries.

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In Trisha's spare time, she is a formal mixed-media fine artist and muralist, provides arts workshops, supports various STEM+Art (STEAM) initiatives,  and aims to close the diversity representation gap in children's books with her colleague (LittleNingBooks.com). Trisha's illustrated book, "Pepper Zhang: Artist Extraordinaire!" was featured on multiple media outlets, including NPR, HuffPost, NextShark, NowThis, Upworthy, Konbini, Bustle, & more. She also serves as Vice President and Communications Board Chair of The Filipino American National Historical Society Metro-NY (FANHSMNY). In addition to her work, she loves dancing, rock climbing, hiking, camping, cooking too much food for friends, and, occasionally, tattooing.

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Trisha holds a BFA and MAT from Tufts University (where she served as the commencement speaker for the graduate class) and an MBA from the Quantic School of Business and Technology. She is a Fil-Am native New Yorker who splits her time between NYC and West Hollywood/Los Angeles.