Brian Powell

Brian is an integrated marketing leader with an entrepreneurial spirit, and a strong advocate of ideas with business and social impact. His career spans branding, product development, advertising, business development, promotions, digital, nonprofit fundraising, and cause marketing for some of the most iconic brands including Pizza Hut, Salesforce, American Heart Association, Caesars Entertainment, UNICEF, Adobe, Electrolux, Livestrong Foundation, Dr Pepper, Nokia, American Airlines and more. He has a passion for collaborating with startups and emerging brands to find and articulate their true purpose that enables sustainable growth.

Brian is the Managing Partner of Matchfire, a design + digital agency focused on purpose driven marketing. He is a board member of Heart House, an education nonprofit serving refugee children; a strategic advisor to Kanarys, a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) tech startup; and a guest lecturer on marketing with meaning at SMU and The University of Texas.