Ambar Januel López
CEO & Founder
She/Her/Ella | Union City, NJ
Ambar is a queer Mexican American strategist and creative focused on harnessing community power to advance social justice. Ambar is passionate about creative storytelling and empowering leaders and organizations to build powerful brands and campaigns.
As the Founder and CEO of Neta, Ambar provides a strategic lens to our client work - supporting our leadership team, providing advisory services to our partners, and ensuring all work aligns with our values and partners’ goals. In addition, she leads our team culture, working to foster a collaborative, creative environment.
Background & Experience
Ambar has over 15 years of experience in marketing, focused on building creative power and supporting social justice initiatives. She began her first consulting firm in LA, where they developed creative marketing campaigns for startups. During this work, she pivoted to working with nonprofits, including joining the teams of Good Call NYC and Children of Promise, justice-centered organizations based in Brooklyn NY that work with communities impacted by incarceration, and serving on the board of Restless Development USA.
In 2018, Ambar launched Neta to build a space for similar-minded team members with social justice, electoral, creative, and marketing expertise dedicated to providing organizations with capacity and resources.
Goldman Sachs 10ksb 2024 Alum
LBAN at Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative - Education: Scaling Up Your Venture 2023
2023 Tory Burch Foundation Entrepreneur
2019-2023 Restless Development USA Board Member
2016-2023 Google Next Gen Tech Policy Leader
2017-2019 Good Call NYC Communications Director & Advisor
2018 Children of Promise NYC Social Media & Communications Consultant
2012-2014 Massachusetts College of Art & Design - Interrelated Media
Speaking, Accolades, & Recognition
2024 Entreprenista 100 Award Winner
2024 Aspen Ideas Festival Fellow
Luminary x Clover 2024 Fellow
Power25 Awards Walkers Legacy
Say Hola Wealth Podcast Guest
National Latino Leadership Council Panelist
We Are LA Tech Podcast Guest
General Assembly Guest Lecturer
When I’m not working, you’ll find me: Adventuring outside, either by the mountains or the ocean, being creative and starting projects to decorate my home, and spending time with my partner and family.
