Marnie Ochs-Raleigh has been leading St. Paul-based Evolve Systems, a branding, design, digital marketing, and website development agency, since 2001. In 2020, she retained and brought on additional staff members to help her agency grow despite a challenging year. Having built a business that emphasizes giving back to the community, she recently established the Evolve’D Project, which provides a free digital upgrade, including logo, website, and content strategy refreshes, for minority-owned businesses.

Ochs-Raleigh regularly speaks at institutions like University of St. Thomas and Best Buy, and has spent more than 5,500 hours volunteering in the Twin Cities.