Founder & Chief Executive Officer

As chief executive, Dr. Torres directs the firm’s strategy work and serves as senior researcher overseeing and guiding research methodology development and strategy. She has consulted for 20+ years with government agencies, non-profits and foundations, as well as with corporate clients, implementing social market and consumer research and campaigns. Dr. Torres received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis on research methods from Boston University. She then completed two post-doctoral fellowships, one in substance abuse and a second in trauma, at Harvard Medical School, where she also served as an instructor. Upon her return to California, she founded SocialQuest.