JoAnn Garbin

Director of Innovation, CO+I Advanced Development — Microsoft

Working at the intersection of sustainability and technology innovation, JoAnn is a life-long entrepreneur driven by curiosity, creativity, and the desire to do well by doing good. Over the last 20 years, JoAnn has grown four profitable businesses and developed dozens of programs and products for sustainability in the built world. Whether working with small startups or established brands, she uses design thinking to inspire teams of analysts, designers, engineers, and executives to see beyond the familiar and deliver on ambitious strategies. Now at Microsoft, JoAnn is leading an innovation team to reimagine the relationship between technology, people, and planet.