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Alaïa Giglio

I love creating clarity and inspiring teams to optimize operations. With a background in product and program management — in regenerative architecture and international higher education — I blend design-thinking and systems-thinking to streamline and catalyze learning and growth.

Away from my desk, I enjoy spending time outdoors running, randonneuring, surfing, and foraging. Indoors, you can find me cooking with friends and family or playing piano.

🏃‍♀️ Runner
🌎 Traveler
🖋️ Calligrapher


My Top 7

PLaces:

  • Gulf Islands, Canada

  • Bolzano, Italy

  • Big Sur, California

  • Alishan Range, Taiwan

  • Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Punta de Lobos, Chile

  • Methow Valley, Washington

Books:

  • Four Fish: the Future of the Last Wild Food by Paul Greenberg

  • Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson

  • L'amica Geniale by Elena Ferrante

  • Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water by Marc Reisner

  • Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

  • Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

  • Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi

Meals out:

  • Cafe Selam – Seattle, WA

  • Nong's Khao Man Gai – Portland, OR

  • Liang's Village – Cupertino, CA

  • The Midway – Santa Cruz, CA

  • Tacos Fenix – Ensenada, Baja California

  • Cibrèo Circo-lo Teatro del Sale – Florence, Italy

  • Gasthof Weißes Lamm – Kelheim, Germany