Kai Fuentes

President & Founder

Ebony Marketing Systems, Inc.

Kai Fuentes is President and Founder of Ebony Marketing Systems, Inc. (EMS), a multicultural market research firm. As a minority female business owner, Kai saw the need and opportunity to develop a niche of multicultural, multi-lingual research within the marketing research industry. She has over 20-years’ experience in qualitative and quantitative research studies which facilitates the identification of ethnic-bound perceptions and attitudes of the multicultural market. In 2022 she was named an IPC Laureate by the Insights Associations with a distinguished career marked by meaningful contributions that have advanced the profession. Kai serves as on Insights Association national Board of Directors; on the board of Camp Keith, a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving Brown and Black families; and on the board for AAPOR (American Association for Public Opinion Research) Inclusive Voices.
Kai holds a Masters in Social Work from Adelphi University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Religious Studies with a minor in Social Work from The College of New Rochelle. She is a certified Biofeedback counselor and has completed training in breath work.
Fun fact – Kai is a self-proclaimed research brat who did her first in-depth interview at age 12.