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Ben Collier graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in Art-Semiotics, a dual concentration combining Modern Culture & Media with Visual Art. His honors thesis documentary short about Vintage Baseball, runs on Rhode Island PBS, ran on ESPN Classic and the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum, and was a Best Documentary Nominee at the 2003 Ivy Film Festival. Post graduation, Ben's career has focused on three areas: development, marketing, and branding.

Beginning in educational development at a high school outside Boston, then moving to marketing and advertising in Beijing at BBDO for General Electric and Daimler Chrysler, to New York at Saatchi & Saatchi for Proctor & Gamble and the International Olympic Committee, and finally to Global Brand Management at American Express where he currently works. Ben is also pursuing an M.S. in Strategic Communications at Columbia University, and is a freelance photojournalist for World Picture News; his work can be viewed at www.benjamincollier.com