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Tracy Stokes is a principal analyst serving CMOs. She is an expert on building brands through deep consumer understanding. Her research focuses on how to build your brand in a post-digital age.

Tracy has more than 15 years of global consumer marketing experience in the CPG and retail/fashion industries. Prior to Forrester, Tracy led global brand marketing at Timberland, employing a customer-focused approach to rejuvenate the outdoor brand. As a brand marketer at Johnson & Johnson's Neutrogena, she built facial care categories in North America and led strategic brand development in Asia, including launching Neutrogena in China. Tracy began her career as an account manager for a boutique advertising agency in London.

Tracy earned an M.B.A., with a concentration in marketing, from The Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. She also holds an M.A. in American studies from Purdue University and a B.A. in American studies from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.