greg wong

Greg is a strategic brand communicator with a drive to connect and empower people and social good innovation. In 2009 he co-founded the Longitude, a strategic design and communications group that launches brands and new projects. This year he co-founded Hello Rewind, a social enterprise which helps sex-trafficking survivors in New York City. Months after launching it was named at the top of Bloomberg Businessweek's list of Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs in America.

Greg started out working in advertising 12 years ago in account management on various Microsoft campaigns at Anderson & Lembe / McCann San Francisco. Since coming to New York City, he’s worked at various branding agencies and consulted to clients such as Intel, Citi, LG, Reader’s Digest, Hewlett-Packard, Choice Hotels International, Accenture, and the United Nations. In 2005 he was part of the exhibition design and curatorial team for INDEX - an international exhibition showcase in Copenhagen about design to improve life.

With an expertise in crafting narrative concepts and communication, Greg activates social engagement with brands. After earning a degree in mass communications at U.C. Berkeley, Greg pursued the creative and conceptual side with a second degree in graphic design at the Art Center College of Design.

Extending beyond visual communication, Greg works to catalyze community movements for social innovation. Greg is a board of directors member at Restore NYC, a non-profit that is dedicated to the holistic rescue of internationally sex-trafficked women in New York City. He's currently planning the fourth annual New Year's Eve fundraiser for Restore. He also was a co-founder of Reveal, a grassroots movement that serves abused women by celebrating their dignity and beauty.