Bree Nguyen

Bree currently serves as professor at her alma mater, California State University Dominguez Hills, teaching classes in Finance, Management and Entrepreneurship. She also speaks publicly for student and corporate audiences and serves as an advisor and consultant for various early-stage companies across entertainment, gaming and digital and education nonprofits.

Earlier, Bree worked as Facebook's Head of Talent and Creator Partnerships leading the talent partnerships team that works with celebrities, actors, creators and public figures to utilize Facebook and Instagram in impactful ways. At Facebook, she also worked closely with the media product development teams to develop best in class product experiences on Facebook for media and talent partners.

Prior to Facebook, Bree has worked for music and entertainment companies like Maverick Records and Warner Bros. Records pioneering the way artists define and establish their brands online and through technology to generate sales. Bree has worked directly with artists like Mariah Carey, *NSYNC, Linkin Park, Michelle Branch, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Talib Kweli, Neil Young, E-40, The Veronicas, Ashley Tisdale and many more.

In addition to her entertainment industry experience, Bree is an experienced startup entrepreneur with a strong technical background. Using her finance and technology expertise, she started an investment fund in 2019, focusing on startups and companies that make an impact in media, gaming, and education. These startups include eco-conscious and female-founded companies such as Kindfully and esports team BearClaw Gaming.

She has worked with early-stage technology companies like CampusExplorer.com, where she led the Internet Marketing team and helped raise nearly $9 million in funding, and Rent.com, which was acquired by eBay for $415 million in 2005. She was featured for her digital marketing expertise in publications like The New York Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and featured in the book “Get Together” about her history in developing marketing campaigns for Mariah Carey.​

A magna cum laude graduate of CSUDH, she earned her B.S. with honors in Business Administration: Finance. She also recently earned her master’s degree in business analytics from Cal Poly Pomona. As a student at CSUDH, she earned 1st place in the Business Plan Competition, two 1st Place Student Research Day awards and a California State University state title for her research on Venture Capital Growth in Southern California. As a proud alumna, she now serves on the Advisory Board of the College of Business and Public Policy for CSUDH.