Ivy Ross is chief design officer for consumer devices at Google, where she and her team have launched numerous award-winning hardware products. Her work has established a design aesthetic that is tangible, striking, and unmistakably Google. Ross has previously held a range of executive positions, from head of product design and development to CMO and president, at companies including Mattel and Gap.

Ross co-authored the New York Times bestselling book Your Brain on Art. She has spoken at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit, was cited by Businessweek as “one of the new faces of leadership,” and, in 2019, was ranked No. 9 on Fast Company’s list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business. This year, the Eames Institute named her one of the 100 Most Curious People.

Her honors include a National Endowment for the Arts grant, the Women in Design Award, and the Diamond International Award. An accomplished artist, Ross has created jewelry that uses metals in innovative ways; her work is held in the permanent collections of twelve international museums.

While creating products and brands in the material world, Ross has simultaneously studied the undeniable power of the invisible This led her to studying sound, vibration, BioGeometry, Reiki and energy medicine. She believes in the combination of art and science to bring great ideas to
life.