Maria van Buskirk

Maria Van Buskirk currently serves as Head of Strategy at Media by Mother, a role held since December 2021. In addition, Maria is the Strategy Lead for The Inturnship™ and previously worked as Strategy Director at Essence, where key clients included Google and Vistaprint. Maria's earlier experience includes positions at Wavemaker and Maxus Global, progressing from Assistant Media Planner to Media Supervisor and various strategic roles. Maria holds a degree in Integrated Marketing Communication and Journalism from Ithaca College. Notable achievements include recognition as part of the fastest growing media agency by AdWeek in 2023 and winning the Silver award for Small Agency of the Year from AdAge in the same year. Maria has also completed the Sweathead Masterclass in Communications Strategy.