Aya O’Connor

With nearly 20 years of experience in visual communications, Aya leads Greenprint’s Strategic Communications team, supporting a wide variety of outreach and engagement needs for clients across the country. Aya also oversees Greenprint’s brand strategy, execution and continued innovation of all touch points including website, social media, email marketing, video/motion graphics, photography, proposals, reports and brand resources. 

Aya is a dedicated advocate for climate action, demonstrated by her commitment to furthering sustainable and equitable urban planning and engineering solutions. Her passion is reflected by her volunteer work, most notably within her community’s climate action network, as well as the complete electrification of her home. 

Prior to joining Greenprint, she established an in-house branding and creative team at the world’s largest law firm and led a successful rebranding effort, elevating the firm to the top spot in a US Law Firm Brand Index. Aya earned her Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design and Japanese from the University of Notre Dame and a certificate from Northwestern University for Strategies that Build Winning Brands. She is a proud 2022 Terra.do Learning for Action Climate Fellow.