Thedrum

There is no question that Mira Kaddoura, founder and creative director at Red & Co. in Portland, Oregon has been surrounded by plenty of great people in her career. In fact, she counts the legendary Dan Wieden as a major influence — having spent 10 years at Wieden+Kennedy in Portland, working on some of the agency’s most important work including for Nike, Target, Coca-Cola, Travel Oregon and others. But it's her family that she counts as major influences saying that she was surrounded by plenty of “badass women” in her native Lebanon. The were writers and fighters for rights in the 30s and 40s. Deans of universities in Lebanon and Egypt in the 50s. That foundation, along with her supportive siblings, provided a powerful foundation that she brings to her work and life today. A major advocate of and for women, no matter the industry, Kaddoura espouses a gospel of leaning how to not listen to the noise and how to find rays of sunshine and energy to find the inherent good in people and the world. With that in