Dianne (although she goes by Dee) Villarreal is a Brand Marketer with 20 years of experience in marketing. She prides herself on building teams and creating an environment for her employees to thrive.

She started her career on the creative agency side at BBDO New York and Wieden+Kennedy Portland, crafting stories for brands like Nike, Pepsi, M&M’s and Chrysler. It was in this chapter she learned what was toxic and was healthy and took careful note. She made her transition over to the client side as a Brand Strategist at Columbia Sportswear and then spread her wings at Red Bull producing branded content, working alongside artists & athletes across the world to bring their ideas to life.

Google tapped her to dive into the technology space to build a content team for their hardware business. Learning more about the operations in a fast paced tech environment inspired Dee to learn more about what people truly need so they can do their best work. She now is the Global Creative Operations Lead for YouTube’s Creative Studio cultivating an environment for employees to thrive in.

She resides in Denver, CO; she’s a mountain girl at heart and still lives the Red Bull lifestyle. Any given weekend you’ll find her paragliding off cliffs, climbing canyons, mountain biking in downhill bike parks, ice climbing up frozen waterfalls, rafting the rapids or splitboarding in the backcountry.