Tameka Vasquez

'16SPS, Information & Knowledge Strategy (IKNS)

Tameka Vasquez is a human-centered futurist, business strategist, professor, and speaker. 

She is Founder & Principal of The Future Quo, an incubation and strategy partner for organizations seeking to design radically better futures for people and our planet. The Future Quo comprises multi-disciplinary futurists, researchers, and designers working to uncover possibilities for the future of a range of industries. Their latest research focuses on how mission-driven business leaders navigate notions of the future. 

Prior to this, Tameka was a marketing strategist who led brand and growth programs for global technology startups and enterprises for over a decade. Her last role was as the first head of marketing for Sidewalk Labs, an urban innovation and sustainability unit at Google.

Tameka has been featured by NYU's Urban Future Lab, NASA Glenn Research Center, Aspen Institute, The Project Management Institute, Smart Design, The Association of National Advertisers, Udemy for Business, and others. Tameka has served as Associate Faculty for the Navigating the Future of Work graduate course at Columbia University. She has also taught courses at St. John's University, Stevens Institute of Technology, and Baruch College. And she is an Ambassador for the Better Arguments Project, a civics initiative led by Aspen Institute.