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San Francisco, California, Us

Forerunner is a venture capital firm dedicated to the modern consumer and the ambitious teams reshaping categories. Founded in 2012, Forerunner has invested in industry-defining companies such as Faire, Chime, Glossier, Hims&Hers, OURA, The Farmer’s Dog, Ritual, and more. Forerunner is also one of the only women-led venture capital firms to raise over $2.3 billion in assets under management and invest in hundreds of companies.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

I've advised, consulted and invested across a range of companies in healthtech, fintech, and venture, including:• Summer Health, the first truly asynchronous, text message based approach to pediatric care• Harmonic AI, the Bloomberg Terminal for private capital markets • Wander, the vertically-integrated travel experience with top quality rentals in inspiring locations• Givers, the first fintech/consumer health platform putting money back in the pockets of caregivers• Springbank Collective, an early-stage investment firm focused on the infrastructure for supporting the economic resilience of women and working families • Cofertility, a new human-centered approach to fertility care and third party reproduction • Journey Clinical, a platform for psychotherapists to provide safe, effective ketamine-assisted psychotherapy to patients

San Francisco, Ca, Us

I joined Modern Fertility at the seed stage as employee #9, and built the communications program from the ground up through the company’s $225M acquisition in 2021. I led strategy and execution of the entire communications function, including narrative development, corporate comms, internal comms, consumer comms, media strategy and relations, CEO and CCO platforms, and more. My role also expanded to brand strategy, where I led advocacy, creator + brand partnerships, and creative campaigns, including Modern Fertility's inaugural brand campaign with some of the top women pro athletes.

Menlo Park, California, Us

I led communications and brand for Social Capital, whose mission is to advance humanity by solving the world's hardest problems. I was particularly focused on Capital-as-a-Service, where I expanded my role from traditional communications to help lead marketing, partnerships, business development and overall growth. I was also heavily involved with Discover, Social Capital's incubation/investment arm for deep tech startups solving hard societal challenges, as well as ongoing venture and exec comms.

San Francisco, California, Us

I led PR and comms for CircleUp, the investment platform providing capital and resources to innovative, early-stage CPG companies.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Clients included Munchery, Facebook (New York corporate and engineering), Coursera, TIBCO and a range of others across enterprise, consumer and mobile.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Wrote and delivered speeches about United Way's mission and programs to corporate partnersOrganized and managed workplace corporate giving campaigns

Santa Barbara, Ca, Us