About

Jeff Stern is a business strategist, creative entrepreneur, and passionate scenery enthusiast. With over 25 years of experience across a range of industries like consumer packaged goods, retail, and healthcare, Jeff has built and led brands at Procter & Gamble, The Hershey Company, Brown‑Forman, and Humana – helping shape everything from Old Spice to Hershey’s global confectionery portfolio to breakthrough tequila innovation. He’s also advised dozens of companies as a consultant, guiding business strategy, marketing excellence, and organizational effectiveness with clarity and vision.

 

Jeff is an MBA graduate of Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and holds a BS in Marketing from California State University. His work has spanned all continents and countless whiteboards – but it’s behind the lens where Jeff finds a different kind of focus.

 

Through landscape photography, Jeff unlocked a long-dormant creative voice and developed a love for canvas as a medium that evokes depth, presence, and emotional intensity. That inspiration led to his founding of Canvas The Neighborhood, a print business that offers a higher standard in canvas craftsmanship for individuals and organizations alike.

 

Whether in boardrooms or backcountry trails, Jeff’s throughline is helping others see things differently – combining strategy with storytelling, and business acumen with a belief in beauty, presence, and possibility.