"Know the environments in which you perform best and have the courage to put your interests aside to do what is best for the organization."
Brandi Tanaka is director of a social sector consulting firm focusing on strategy, market research and impact measurement. She previously worked with education, health and environmental nonprofits and obtained her MBA to blend business practice with social good. Raised in Hawaii, Brandi enjoys cooking and traveling. Highlights include eating the best meal of her life on Santorini’s cliffs, leaving her passport at Burma’s border while volunteering for an NGO and swimming with dolphins in Palau.