Joan Gregor is an American design strategist and co-founder of The Design Academy, Inc.[1] In 2000 she founded The Design Academy with her partner Chuck Pelly.
It is a multidisciplinary consulting group, dedicated to applying product design and creative knowledge to corporations and organizations through a “Power of Collective Thought”.
She is a design strategist helping companies leverage the value of design and develops guidelines around design metrics.
[2] She undertook postgraduate studies in Marketing at Northeastern University, BS consumer studies at the University of New Hampshire and associate degree in accounting at Bentley College.
She is the co-founder and director of Design Los Angeles conference and Design Challenge for LA Auto Show.