Vanessa has partnered with numerous brands to showcase key brand messaging on Social Media, Film, Print, Expeditions and for the Community.
Brand Ambassador for Educational Merchandise:
The Awesome Women Series (2023-Present) – This inspirational card game series was created by Priscilla and Shawn Tan. Inspired by their daughters, Andrea (aka Monmon) and Aurelia (aka Momo), they wanted their little ones to grow up knowing that they can be anything they want to be.
This card game includes 10 categories of awesome women, four awesome women per category, and three different ways to play to learn about awesome women.
Brand Ambassador on Expeditions:
Omega (2022 & 2020) – Blue Origin’s first flight with two women (NS-22) and Challenger Deep’s first dive with two women.
UN Women (2022 & 2017)– Proving women have no ceilings on Blue Origin’s NS-22 and showing women can rise to the challenge on K2.
iMediSync (2022) – Using iSyncWave’s 19 channel dry EEG/HRV headset, Vanessa was able to measure her brain activity from astronaut village before and after she boarded NS-22 to space to capture the Overview Effect. The iSync platform consists of wearable EEG recordings, a cloud-based AI analysis, and EEG-guided digital therapeutics including NIR photobiomodulation.
Brand Ambassador in a Commercial Film:
Charles Schwab (2016) – Why This Road #OwnYourTomorrow Challenging yourself and always asking questions helps ensure you are on the right path.
Brand Ambassador in Digital Content:
Aviva Decision School (2021) – Whatever we must decide, it helps to have strategies in place to help us focus on the right things.
Brand Ambassador in Print:
Diageo (Jane Walker 2020) – Be First, Keep Walking A celebration of selected firsts that challenged the establishment, inspired us, and propelled us forward towards a more equitable future.
First Republic Bank (2018) – How the bank provides creative options and solutions to the challenges that come with living abroad, working internationally, and traveling extensively.
Brand Ambassador for the Community:
Arc’Teryx – Community Ambassador (2017-2022) – Arc’Teryx Soho has taken its ethos in innovation and high performance to partner locally with Vanessa O’Brien and US Nepal Climbers Association to inspire its local community to go outdoors. A number of events have been held and community teams succeeded in legislating for the New York Assembly to recognize May 29th as Mt. Everest Day.
