Dr. Gigi Louisa Johnson inspires and connects people/ideas/experiences around deconstructing/transforming creative sectors. In 2021, she co-created the 2nd Amplify Music virtual conference, continuing the April 2020 25-hour virtual conference with 30+ great partners. She produces and hosts the “Creative Innovators with Gigi Johnson” podcast and its connected NextCareer.me career expansion programs. She runs two organizations -- Rethink Next and the Maremel Institute Center for Creative Futures -- connecting projects and community partners about how creativity and work are changing. She speaks around the world on digital transformations -- both of the past and in the extended future. In addition, she has taught for 21 years at UCLA, where she has built four industry-connecting programs and taught undergraduates, MBAs and executives about disruption in creative industries. Before UCLA, she was a corporate banker financing media M&A at Bank of America for ten years. She holds an EdD in leadership for change from Fielding Graduate University, an MBA from UCLA Anderson, and a BA in film/TV production from USC.