Jo Marini
Part-time Lecturer
Email
marinij@newschool.edu
Office Location
L - 2 West 13th Street
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Jo is the CEO & Co-founder of Mothership Materials, a climate-era ingredients manufacturer that’s designing biodegradable next-generation materials for consumer goods products through its patented, flexible nanotechnology platform.
She is also a graduate professor at California College of the Arts MBA in Design Strategy program, where she leverages the full spectrum of her expertise as a venture-backed founder, advisor and regenerative systems leader to teach Sustainability Studio and co-teach Venture Studio, the program’s capstone course.
She co-founded and advises REYN, a vertically-integrated skincare company that is transforming end-to-end sustainability for the industry, and serves as a strategic advisor to MOTHER SUPERIOR, a venture fund and impact foundry that she founded and led for 4 years. Her work and perspectives have been featured in Forbes, Crunchbase, FastCompany, Nasdaq and more.