An energetic leader and out-of-the-box thinker, Jaci brings people together to inspire new ideas and harness the power of creativity to create meaningful change. 

Since 2021, Jaci has been a speaker and facilitator for the United Nations, including the staff of the President of the UN General Assembly, and serves as an advisor and consultant within the Business Transformation and Accountability department. As the co-founder of TechTable, Jaci has connected the most innovative minds in hospitality, technology, and finance to reimagine the future of hospitality and corporate experiences. She has also been featured in Forbes, HuffPost, edibleManhattan, and Food+Tech Connect among many other speaking events and podcasts including Experience by Design. 

Jaci has worked for companies such as Google, Nike, and IDEO along with Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, venture capital firms, and nonprofits to bring creativity and experience design to the forefront of organizations. In 2020, Jaci launched her company, Studio Badzin, a boutique experience design company. In addition to the UN, her clients have included VC’s, healthcare start-ups, non-profits, and tech companies.

An artist in her own right, Jaci is a dancer, choreographer, and multi-disciplinary producer. She has performed at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and earned many accolades over the years including the Research and Creative Symposium Award, top honors at the American College Dance Association, a selected candidate for the ACDA Festival at the Kennedy Center, a Performing Arts Scholarship from Colorado State University, and a Masters Degree in Arts Administration from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.