Kimberly Ferrari

Kim is an artist and meditator. In her 30-year professional career as creative executive at global brand firms, she led the design of broadcast, social and immersive media experiences to reach and move target audiences for brands like Herman Miller, BMW and HBO.

Since her retirement, she has focused on helping Buddhist organizations engage with their most important stakeholders. She has consulted on brand positioning and communications strategies that seek to strike a balance between traditional Buddhist messaging and contemporary media platforms to achieve optimal outcomes. She has held board positions at ACLU and The Rubin Museum of Art, leading fundraising and development efforts.

Kim earned a BFA from the Atlanta College of Art in painting and art history. She has studied organizational development and industrial psychology at the University of West Georgia, and earned certification in “Six Thinking Hats” strategic planning from The Center for Creative Leadership.

Kim has been studying and practicing Buddhism for nearly 40 years in the Gelugpa and Dzogchen traditions. She has engaged in a formal practice of observation of the natural world, integrating figurative painting into daily meditation practice.