Martha Ehmann Conte spent 20 years as an advertising and brand strategy executive, working with leading global brands including Procter & Gamble, American Express, Nestlé, Gilead Sciences, BMW, and Hewlett-Packard. For the past 25 years, she has been a civic leader, currently serving as a trustee for the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, the Exploratorium, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Point Blue Conservation Science, and the Smithsonian. She also works to amplify the voice of the common-sense majority in local and national politics.