Michael Ventura

Michael Ventura is an accomplished entrepreneur and creative director. In 2005, Michael founded Sub Rosa, a strategy and design practice based in Manhattan. Sub Rosa's clients include a variety of Fortune 500 companies, as well as some of the world's most progressive start-ups. As CEO, Michael is responsible for setting and cultivating the organization’s vision, culture and growth. Michael has served as a board member and advisor to a variety of organizations including Behance, Burning Man Project, The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Falling Whistles, and the U.N.'s Tribal Link Foundation. A dynamic writer and lecturer, Michael is frequently engaged as an advisor to entrepreneurs and leaders of some of the largest corporations across the globe. He is also an adjunct professor at Princeton University where he teaches design thinking and how to integrate empathy into the creative process. In his personal time, Michael is an active practitioner of eastern and indigenous medicine, often leading workshops on how to bring these powerful traditions into a modern life and workplace.