A 29-year veteran of Condé Nast, Sanders is a former publisher of titles including Teen Vogue, and former President and Chief Executive Officer of Fairchild Media, and is now embracing the next chapter in her life: ‘helping helpers’. At the heart of this work is Gina’s Collective, her purpose-driven advisory firm founded in 2018, which offers wide-ranging, 1:1 support to technology-driven nonprofits tackling some of the world’s worst and most intractable problems, from sight loss to mental health; housing to human trafficking. Last year, Sanders collated some of these powerful stories into The Spark, an inspiring, beautiful, blood-orange, infinitely quotable tome that delves deeper into the ‘spark’, or moment of inspiration, that led the founders to take action.

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Gina Sanders, founder and CEO of Gina’s Collective, with her book, The Spark: Portraits of Purpose

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‘I find it so inspiring to learn about the incredible work that Gina does now with Gina’s Collective, working alongside these incredible founders,’ said Tatler editor Richard Dennen, opening the evening. Introducing six of the brilliant, big-thinkers for a panel discussion, Sanders added, ‘I believe the biggest gift any one of us can give or receive is the spark of inspiration… I also think the fastest way to “get sparked”, to “get ignited” is to go to the source.’