CEO 
FOUNDER

KEYNOTE 
SPEAKER

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Building technology for human dignity in the age of AI

What I Do

BUILD

CEO & Founder,
Edith

Creating the world's first comprehensive dress code platform connecting employers, employees, and retailers with AI-powered personalized styling guidance.

SPEAK

Keynote Speaker: Human Dignity in the Age of AI

From HR conferences to corporate webinars, I speak on the future of work, professional presence, and why how we show up matters more than ever.

CREATE

Award-Winning Filmmaker & Director

75+ theatre productions exploring themes of identity and human dignity. Netflix deal, 5 Theatre Bay Area Awards including Best Production.

My Mission

From directing Shakespeare to building workplace styling technology, my work has always asked the same question: How do we show up as our fullest selves? 

Whether on stage, on screen, or in the workplace, I believe how we present ourselves is fundamental to human dignity—and in an increasingly automated world, our physical presence is more valuable than ever.

About Audrey

Builder of Human-Centered Futures

Audrey leads Edith, a platform reimagining professional identity and career transitions for the modern workforce. What began with her experience helping her uncle transition from Navy service to the State Department at thirteen became a company now serving 500,000 veterans and building partnerships with enterprise organizations nationwide.

Her path here wasn't conventional. At eighteen, she was the youngest postgraduate from the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art and stood in for her congresswoman in the U.S. House of Representatives. She directed over seventy-five stage productions, performed at the London Olympics, made films that landed on Netflix, and became a top Nordstrom stylist by understanding that how people present themselves shapes how they move through the world.

As an Arts Commissioner and sought-after speaker across Silicon Valley and Washington DC, she asks the questions that matter: What do we keep of ourselves when systems automate? How do we build technology that makes us more human, not less?

She's a mother, a founder fiercely protective of her team's culture, and a catalytic philanthropist who has raised millions in arts funding and now channels that power toward veteran career transitions. She believes the most important work happens when you refuse to choose between creativity and commerce, between building something profitable and building something that transforms daily lives.

EDITH exists because she learned early: transitions aren't just logistical. They're about identity, dignity, and knowing who you are when everything else changes.

When she's not building the future of professional identity, you'll find her in Disneyland with her arms in the air—fully present, completely herself, exactly as she teaches others to be.

Creative Works

Here are some of Audrey’s past projects

  • Barry & Joan Poster

    Barry & Joan

    Barry & Joan celebrates the lives and work of two people who’ve managed to live on the basis of art, play, and each other.

  • Twelfth Night Poster

    Twelfth Night

    Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night: Winner of 5 Theatre Bay Area awards including “Best Production of a Play”.

  • A Very Merry Holiday Special Poster

    A Very Merry Holiday Special

    30 minute celebration of the season and our local holiday traditions! Screening on YouTube and local TV channels.

Testimonials 

  • “Audrey is known for creating unique, entertaining, meaningful projects out of nothing. She was born thinking about how to do things better and different. She’s motivated by a drive to shed light on how being outside the norm isn’t bad, but that it adds to the vibrancy of life. Be it Shakespeare with young adults or a documentary about some senior citizens who are as delightful and full of play, wonder and imagination as young people, she dedicates herself to making art without the old trappings or banality. She celebrates the differences not because it is unique but because she thinks that it’s a stupid shame that everyone will miss out on something splendid if she doesn’t show the world these untold stories or create under a banner of wonderful collaboration versus horrible dictatorial rule.”
    ”Can you create something delightful and full of meaning - deep meaning? Yes it’s possible and from my experience, that is her calling card.”

    Jim LeBrecht, Oscar Nominee

  • "If you want to accomplish something big, call Audrey."

    Scott Handy, Head of Drama, Eton College

  • "The Commedia dell’ Arte animation and “Barry & Joan” film created by Audrey Rumsby are nothing short of brilliant! What a great way to teach history! Bravo to Miss. Rumsby!"

    Betsy Baytos, Disney Animator and filmmaker

  • "As an arts leader and mentor, Audrey provides an extraordinary service to our district, producing remarkable results and a stronger city. She sets an example of what it means to have outstanding community-based leadership skills."

    Pam Foley, San Jose City Councilmember