Bio
Consuelo “Chelo” Eckhardt, President of Ce Consulting has an extensive and successful track record in connecting the corporate world with the leading edge of social corporate responsibility, the worlds of the visual, performing and recording arts, experiential events and broadband and broadcast content.
A pioneer in out-of-the-box innovative concepts grounded in strategic business thinking, Chelo has the ability to turn ideas into powerful business results. Her experience in conceptualizing, packaging, and successfully selling proprietary and fully integrated marketing and promotional platforms for creatively extra-ordinary properties to Fortune 500 companies makes her unique among her peers.
Ms. Eckhardt has lived in Italy where she completed her undergraduate degree in Art History, with a specialization in the artists of the High Renaissance period, and was raised bi-culturally in California and Mexico City where she worked with many of the 20th century’s greatest Latin visual artists and their dealer/support networks. This involvement with the various facets of the global creative community gives her an exceptional foundation in the world of arts to deliver a unique perspective to the world of business.
From this she has built a high-profile career in connecting creative artists, communicators and innovators with corporate America.
Chelo is fluent in Spanish and has an extensive knowledge of Latin American and U.S. Hispanic culture.
Expertise and Services:
• Sponsorship Packaging/Property Development
• Strategic Alliances and Relationship Development
• Cause Marketing
• Cultural Marketing
• Hospitality Event Development and Implementation
• Event Marketing and Promotion
• Exhibition Packaging and Development
• Graphic/Visual Creative Direction and Planning- (print/web/physical space)
Corporate Clients:
Universal Music Group/See Tickets; NFL LIVE 2016 Super Bowl; KARMA Automotive; The Los Angeles Art Show; Stella Artois; KidZania USA, POP Austin; Palm Beach Show Group; Live Talks LA; Wells Fargo Private Bank; Elephant Parade International; Wachovia Bank; Wasserman Media Group; UBS Investment Bank; West Hollywood Convention and Visitors Bureau; Diageo; Cuervo 1800/Jose Cuervo tequila brands; Casa Cuervo SA de CV; Ford Motor Company; Proctor and Gamble; Nortel Networks; Cross Pens; Coca Cola; General Motors; Richmond Events; Ryan Partnership; Campbell-Ewald Los Angeles and EMCI.
Cultural/Entertainment clients:
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles; J. Gerard Designs; The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation; The Estate of Frida Kahlo, Mexico City, Mexico; Mendez America Project; Ralph Edwards Productions; Alicia Keyes; Carlos Santana; Ricky Martin; The Rolling Stones; Elton John; KINKY; Joaquin Cortes; The Whitney Museum of Art; Sarah McLachlan with Lilith Fair; and The Three Tenors in Concert tours.