Marcia Steele Hoover has held senior leadership roles in the business, brand and marketing communication industry over her 30-year career. She most recently retired from NIKE where she spent 12 years building and leading high-performing, cross-functional marketing communication teams across NIKE’s 75,000+ employees, external partners and investor community.

A strategist at her core, Marcia has a 360-degree view of business that she cultivated while working across the trifecta of corporations including go-to-market business consulting, brand strategy agencies and client-side business. She is a graduate of the Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University and sits on the Murrow Professional Advisory Board.

In her spare time Marcia is as passionate about the outdoors as she is her work. Golfing, hiking, biking, skiing, swimming and speed walking are just a few of her favorites. Marcia and her husband Thomas reside in Portland, Oregon.