Vi Rose La Bianca
they/them
Board of Directors
Secretary
Vi is a process improvement specialist and certified ScrumMaster with a background in traditional, hybrid, professional, academic, and SEO publishing. They help nonprofits and startups scale sustainably, operate efficiently, and elevate their offerings during growth phases and restructures.
For the last decade, Vi has worked in marketing and hybrid publishing as Head of Content at SEO marketing startup First Page Sage, and then as Content Division Operations Manager for Scribe Media, a hybrid book publisher. Most recently, they work as a Publishing Editor for Sage, one of the “Big Five” global academic publishers.
Vi has been active in the nonprofit sphere alongside their corporate career. In 2019, they were a primary show host and community spokesperson for the Atheist Community of Austin, sitting on the events committee and fostering brand awareness and donor commitments as a conference speaker. They then co-founded Skeptic Generation, a donation-based startup that built a community of 15K weekly participants and raised over $50K in individual support in the first year of operation.
Since returning to Portland in 2023, Vi has been putting their community first by founding Media Alchemy Guild, a collective of content creation experts who provide ghostwriting, editing, marketing, and production services to self-publishing authors and hybrid publishing startups. They also volunteer as Media Manager for Portland Radio Project, a non-profit station dedicated to partnering with small businesses and fostering the careers of diverse local artists.