Maria Scarzella Thorpe
Workplace Culture Strategist & Experience Designer | Nomad PassMaria Scarzella Thorpe is a Workplace Culture Strategist and Experience Designer. Founder of Nomad Pass, she supports distributed companies in designing team retreat experiences and building remote and hybrid cultures that foster connection, engagement, and resilience. Previously, as Head of Hybrid Work Culture & Community at a fintech scaleup, Maria led the transition to hybrid work, shaping internal culture strategy and launching global community and well-being initiatives to strengthen the employee experience. With 10+ years of global experience, her work bridges human connection, mental fitness, and future-of-work strategies to help teams thrive across distributed environments. After 15 years in California, where she co-founded Startup Basecamp, an international community and coliving network for entrepreneurs worldwide, she is now mainly based in Italy.