Dr. Gigi Johnson has taught digital marketing and branding for musicians and for music organizations in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music since 2010. Until 2005, she was Executive Director of the Entertainment and Media Management Institute at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Over the past five years, she has taught courses in digital media and disruptive technologies at UCLA as well as in Spain at the University of Navarra, in Abu Dhabi and UAE at the Higher Colleges of Technology. Her speaking has taken her to Beijing, Lisbon, and London for industry conferences and strategic presentations.

She also runs Maremel Media, which has produced and distributed video and audio educational media content with various partners since 2004. Dr. Johnson’s corporate background includes being SVP/General Manager of two video-on-demand channels at Studio 4 Networks and SVP/Managing Director at Bank of America.

Dr. Johnson has an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Change, focusing on Media Studies, from Fielding Graduate University; an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management; and a bachelor’s degree in Cinema-Television Production from the University of Southern California’s renowned School of Cinematic Arts.