Tania Haigh

Tania Haigh is a social impact leader, entrepreneur, and child protection advocate with more than two decades of experience at the intersection of brand strategy and civic leadership. Haigh's career includes a decade at McDonald's USA, where she served as a strategic partner to investors, focusing on business development, brand launches, and market expansions. During her tenure, she led Family Marketing and the Happy Meal, and later supported global brands such as Nutella. Fluent in four languages, including Spanish, French, and Italian, Haigh established her specialty in family marketing through major initiatives at McDonald's USA.

After her corporate career, Haigh applied her marketing expertise to civic entrepreneurship. She founded TEDxOakParkWomen, bringing the TEDx platform to her community in Oak Park, Illinois. Haigh has been a keynote speaker at the Marketing to Women Conference in Chicago and has presented at events including the Event Marketer Summit, TMA Summit, Marketing to Women, Marketing to Moms, Women in Wireless Chicago, University of Chicago Booth Women, and the National Center on Sexual Exploitation's Global Summit.

Haigh is active in the nonprofit sector, addressing child sexual abuse as co-founder of Parents Against Child Sex Abuse (PAXA) and founder of the KIDS TOO Movement. KIDS TOO addresses the dangers social media platforms pose to children, focusing on child sexual abuse, online safety, and child poverty. As co-founder, Haigh drew from personal experience to address challenges in the education sector. Her advocacy includes a grassroots campaign for the HBO film "The Tale," organizing screenings in the Chicagoland area and participating in press activities with filmmaker Jennifer Fox.

Haigh leverages her expertise in purpose-driven marketing campaigns, research, and consumer insights to address issues affecting children through advocacy, policy, and media. Her work has been featured on TV outlets in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Orlando, and Miami, as well as on podcasts and radio shows in English and Spanish. She has been featured in Advertising Age, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Chief Marketer Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal, and has contributed to Franchise USA, Chicago Woman Magazine, The Mighty, and Motherly. Haigh's combination of corporate marketing experience and grassroots advocacy positions her as a credible voice on child protection, social impact, and purpose-driven leadership.