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Jessica Hawthorne-Castro to speak at 2020 Graduation Ceremony

We are honored to have Maharishi School Alumni Jessica Hawthorne-Castro as our distinguished guest speaker for the 2020 graduation ceremony! We will be having an “outdoor (in person) – online” hybrid, using event our spacious courtyard to accommodate the 10 graduates who’ll still be here, while the other five students will be tuning in online from China, Korea, and Mexico.

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We wish we could share it with everyone but it needs to be a private event to maximize safety, everyone will be wearing masks, sanitizing hands and practicing social distancing. A video of the full graduation ceremony will be posted on our Youtube channel at a later date.

About Maharishi School Alumni Jessica Hawthorne-Castro

A Fairfield native and proud Maharishi School graduate, Jessica Hawthorne-Castro is currently based in Los Angeles and the CEO and owner of
Hawthorne Advertising, an award winning technology-based advertising agency specializing in analytics and accountable brand

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campaigns. Hawthorne Advertising was founded in Fairfield, IA nearly 35 years ago by Tim Hawthorne, and now has offices in Fairfield, Los Angeles and employees in several other states across the country.

Hawthorne Advertising has a legacy of ad industry leadership by being a visionary in combining the art of right-brain creativity with the science of left-brain data analytics and neuroscience. Many of the company philosophies can be tied back to the curriculum she studied at Maharishi School. Jessica’s role principally involves fostering long-standing client relationships with the company’s expansive base of Fortune 500 brands to develop highly strategic and measurable advertising campaigns, designed to ignite immediate consumer response. From strategy, creative and production to media and analytics, Jessica is committed to premium quality and innovation throughout all agency disciplines.

CEO of Hawthorne Advertising

As CEO of Hawthorne Advertising, Jessica has prioritized company culture and corporate social responsibility and is a Climate Change Reality Ambassador. Today, Hawthorne is a certifiedwoman-owned business by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), a Great Place to Work®, and on the Inc. 5000 list. She is a member of the Forbes

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Agency Council and Ad Age’s Agency Collective, invitation-only organizations for senior-level executives in public relations, media strategy, creative and advertising agencies. She is the incoming Chair of the Board for the  ANA ECHO Board of Governors, the elite group behind one of the most coveted prizes in marketing as well as a participant in TED International, TED Women communities and Vistage International. She is also a member of Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), the global organization empowering more than 28,000 members in more than 130 countries and is the Chapter Chair for YPO Los Angeles and on the YPO Pacific U.S Regional Executive Board.

Prior to joining Hawthorne Advertising, Hawthorne-Castro was a successful TV literary agent with William Morris Endeavor (formerly Endeavor), one of Hollywood’s top full-service talent agencies representing writers, directors and producers for television. As the agent for an maharishi school 2020 graduation speaker alumni jessica hawthorneimpressive list of WME’s top TV talent, she identified and negotiated opportunities for shows airing on all major broadcast and cable television networks. She also packaged key elements necessary to develop shows, working regularly with executives from ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, HBO, USA, Bravo and others.Jessica Hawthorne-Castro graduated from Maharishi School, then moved to Los Angeles and received a Bachelor’s degree from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture and then several years later went back to obtain her MBA from Loyola Marymount University. When Jessica isn’t busy with the company, culture, and board participation, she enjoys spending time with family, friends and traveling back to Fairfield and all over the world (over 50 countries so far and can thank Fairfield and its diverse roots for her love of travel). She resides in Los Angeles with her husband, 7 year old son and newborn daughter.

Click here to read, “A conversation with Jessica Hawthorne-Castro, CEO of Hawthorne,” and learn more about our graduation speaker.