She is known for challenging corporate power to drive systemic change. She is featured in the Netflix documentary Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy, where her mission to confront consumerism and demand corporate accountability takes center stage.

A former Principal Designer at Amazon, Maren co-founded Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, the worker-led group behind major wins such as Amazon’s Climate Pledge and the $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund. In 2020, she was unlawfully terminated from Amazon for advocating for warehouse workers’ safety during the pandemic, a case that gained international attention and led to groundbreaking labor reforms.

With over 20 years at Adobe, Amazon, and Microsoft, Maren has advanced human centered design, earned 16 patents, and left a lasting impact on the industry. She later left Big Tech to focus on movement-building, running for Seattle City Council in 2023 on a climate justice and workers’ rights platform, backed by a broad grassroots coalition. Now, as Board President of AECJ and a leader at WorkForClimate.org, Maren mobilizes tech employees to demand bold climate action from the world’s most powerful companies. She is a sought-after speaker at global conferences, top universities, and on prominent podcasts and films, where she shares insights on systems change, organizing tech workers, sustainability, design thinking, and corporate responsibility. 

A lifelong advocate for equity, Maren holds degrees in English and Women’s Studies from St. Olaf College and a certificate in User-Centered Design from the University of Washington. She’s also a mother and stepmother of four teenagers, navigating the intersections of activism, tech, and parenting.

Maren’s work is grounded in the belief that real climate solutions must address the root causes of injustice—from colonialism and white supremacy to neoliberal capitalism—and that worker power and collective resistance is the key to real change.