Marly Leighton-Colburn leads Corporate Cause Marketing Partnerships at the Human Rights Campaign.
Marly brings expertise in creating and nourishing impactful partnerships with major brands. In her roles as Director, Partner Impact at Discovery Education, and Chief of Staff at DoSomething.org, she secured and managed cause marketing partnerships with CVS, 3M, PwC, Taco Bell, General Motors, Johnson & Johnson, General Mills, Garnier, and other top brands. She was also a key member of DoSomething.org's Get Out the Vote task force in advance of the 2020 Election, which garnered 250,000 voter registrations.
Prior to her roles in the impact partnerships space, Marly served as a publicist at Polk & Co. representing a portfolio of Broadway productions and performing arts projects including Wicked, If/Then, and The Color Purple.
Marly champions a culture of giving and has volunteered with Big Brothers Big Sisters NYC, Bike New York, Crisis Text Line, and New York Cares.