Dava Gunthmiller
Dava has 25+ years of crafting brand strategies and experiences, consulting on strategic business offerings and community growth. Dava manages brand strategy, messaging and visual systems as well as designing operational frameworks and optimising business and team resources. She is the founder and CEO of Noise 13, a strategy-led brand consultancy that works with founder-led companies in food, wellness and hospitality, built on a "diagnosis before design" approach in which a thorough audit precedes any change to visual identity or messaging. She developed the firm's proprietary Brand Pantry methodology to help founders reach clarity before investing in execution. Beyond the agency, Dava is deeply embedded in the food and sustainability communities as both practitioner and tastemaker: she serves as Board Chair for Les Dames d'Escoffier San Francisco, judges the Good Food Awards, founded the In/Visible Talks design conference, and has taught at the Academy of Art University. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company and Communication Arts.