Ruth Ann Barrett
Founder
Ruth Ann is an entrepreneur, producer, videographer, writer, and marketing executive who has worked with a wide variety of technology companies in a marketing career that spans more than a quarter-century.
EarthSayers Network
For the last thirteen years, she has worked to advance the voices of sustainability - those speaking on behalf of Mother Earth and her children - using the WorldWideWeb. In 2007 she founded the EarthSayers Network with the launch of EarthSayers.tv, Voices of Sustainability, her third start-up, now a collection of over 3,000 voices curated for relevancy.
In September 2020 the EarthSayers team released an easy to use, customizable portal to the collection for organizations to offer as a benefit and learning tool for their audience(s).
Background
Red Direct
From 1994 through 2007 as the founder of the independent San Francisco direct marketing agency, RED Direct, and with years on the client-side with industry leaders HP, Sun, ComputerLand, and Informix Software, her team produced direct marketing campaigns with exceptional response rates from executive-level decision-makers for start-up companies to include WebEx, Commerce One, Red Hat, Ask, Juniper Networks.
Red Digital Marketing (RDM)
Ruth Ann continues to provide marketing consulting services to sustainability-related individuals and companies as Red Digital Marketing from Portland, Oregon.
PDXdowntowner
Involved in the Old Town community in Portland, Oregon as a resident and business owner from 2013 - 2019. Work summarized at pdxdowntowner.com and pdxcaring community.com.




Summer, Portland, Oregon 2021