Founder Anna Polonsky has worked in hospitality her entire career and earned accolades from numerous organizations, including Forbes Magazine’s 30under30 and the James Beard Awards.

For 7 years, she was a partner and US director of Le Fooding, a disruptive restaurant guide and event company recently acquired by Michelin. Her roster of consulting clients included LVMH, MasterCard, Nestlé Waters, and others. In 2014, she co-founded The MP Shift, the first 360 degree creative agency in hospitality, providing concept, graphics, and interior design services to an international clientele. In 2019, encouraged by a chaotic political context, Anna took a new turn. With polonsky and friends, she seeks to apply her strategy and creative direction skills to clients who are working daily towards more quality, craftsmanship, transmission and inclusiveness.

The Friends of Polonsky are a dynamic team of designers, strategists, and producers based in New York and beyond: Katya Vladykina (Operations & Strategy), Sara Steege (Senior Designer), Caitlin Dailey (Brand Designer), Sam Cordell (Creative Producer), Fuad Smeke (Brand Designer), Georgina Henry (Mixed Media Designer), Monica Fonseca (Interior Designer), Jenna Ory (Brand Designer)…