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Georgetown University

altMBA

National Sun Yat-Sen University

East China Normal University

ImprovBoston

Falmouth Academy

COO at Renewal Mill  -  Board President, Upcycled Food Association

NECTAR is a new programmatic initiative of Food System Innovations (FSI) that's accelerating the protein transition with taste. Learn more at nectar.org.

Food System Innovations

Director, NECTAR

The START Innovators program is a 12-month post designed to leverage the resources of Princeton University and the Princeton entrepreneurial ecosystem to help aspiring entrepreneurs, including social entrepreneurs, explore the translation of academic innovations into highly impactful new ventures.

Currently mentoring Mycsology Foods, an early stage company developing nutrient dense, high protein, and minimally processed ingredients via solid state fermentation.

Princeton Entrepreneurship Council

Mentor, START Innovators

Skills: Board of Directors · Strategic Planning · CEO Succession

Upcycled Food Association

Emeritus Board Member 

Renewal Mill

Board Member

Mentor and Advisor for Oakland & Silicon Valley accelerator programs.
- Lead Mentor, Spaciously (Oakland '23)

Mentor early-stage startups on their business models, go-to-market strategies, and all the sticky fun parts of a new venture (sales, operations, marketing, and culture-building). 

Each year, Techstars chooses over 500 early-stage companies to join one of their 3-month accelerators, investing $120K and providing hands-on mentorship and access to the Techstars network for life. Since 2006, Techstars has invested in more than 4,000 startups, making it the largest pre-seed investor in the world.

Techstars

Startup Mentor

Renewal Mill is a next generation ingredients company that's reducing food waste by upcycling the byproducts of food manufacturing into high quality ingredients and products. Our vision is to create a new circular economy of food that closes the loop in today’s current supply chain, keeps valuable nutrition from going to waste, and reduces our impact on the environment.

Co-Founder 

Board President

Co-founded the world's first trade association for upcycled food as a 501c6 nonprofit (and 501c3 nonprofit sister organization, Upcycled Food Foundation) to accelerate the upcycled economy.  
Key achievements include: 
- Formally defining "upcycled food" and putting it on the map as top food trend & climate solution
- Launching first-of-its kind certification for upcycled food (Upcycled Certified)
- Growing membership to 250+ members
- Managing Board of Directors, hiring CEO, and founding committees including DEI & ethics

Founding Board Member 

Chief Operating Officer

Techstars Farm to Fork Accelerator is the first Techstars program focused on the tech/digital side of food and agriculture. Partnered with Cargill and Ecolab, the program brings the best entrepreneurs across the entire food value chain, from agtech, manufacturing and supply chains, to food safety, waste reduction and traceability. 

•	Work hands-on with 10 food tech startup founders to solve mission-critical problems including industry research, marketing strategy, sales strategy, recruiting strategy, and wireframe development & design
•	Directly assist Managing Director & Program Manager with accelerator operations, logistics, and culture 
•	Selected by three cohort companies to help spearhead development of systematic processes for sales, social media marketing, PR, HR, and operations

Business Associate

Farm apprentice at a diversified organic farm and agritourism estate in rural Tuscany.

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Tenuta di Spannocchia

Farm Apprentice

• Scaled the nationally-ranked Women@HubSpot employee resource group: ran 30+ events per year for 7 global offices 
• Created bi-weekly email newsletter for female employees (900+) using content management software 
• Managed the event planning for large women in tech industry events, including Women@INBOUND (500 guests), International Women's Day (350 guests), and Women on Board (250 guests)
• Researched, wrote, and designed "How to Become a Board Member" content pillar, a step-by-step guide for women on how to join nonprofit, private, and public company boards
• Ran the company's Master Class program: source and prepare employees to teach fellow employees hour-long classes on a wide range of personal and professional development topics 
• Oversaw HubSpot's employer branding profiles on Glassdoor, InHerSight, Comparably, Mogul, and Apres

Recognitions:
• HubSpot Named Top 10 2018 Best Place to Work (Glassdoor.com)
• HubSpot Named  2017 Best Place to Work for Women (Comparably.com)

HubSpot

Women@HubSpot Program & Brand Manager 

HubSpot is a global marketing and sales software company that helps over 30,000 customers in 90 countries transform their businesses. As an employer, HubSpot is well renowned for its unique company culture and its Culture Code, which has over 3 million views. I was the company's first Culture Content Creator. To help attract and retain top talent, I told stories, ran events, and created digital content for the purpose of inbound recruiting.  I also worked on diversity and inclusion programming, focusing mostly on women's issues:  

• Created innovative recruitment marketing and diversity & inclusion content for HubSpot publications, HubSpot LinkedIn and Glassdoor profiles, employee profiles, the careers page, and all social media channels
• Successfully pitched & published articles on large media outlets including Fast Company, Entrepreneur, Washington Post, Inc., The Everygirl Blog, Glassdoor Blog, VentureFizz, The Motley Fool, and BostInno
• Built nationally ranked Women@HubSpot employee resource group to further career development of female employees and advocate for more female leadership and representation in tech 
• Designed, marketed, and managed internal and external events for 7 global offices 
• Increased and optimized HubSpot’s Glassdoor presence (200% growth & 2 million+ page views Y/Y)
• Launched HubSpot’s official Snapchat channel and grew to 2000 views per post over 6 months

Recognitions: 
• Solo speaker at Wonder Woman Tech Conference (Long Beach, CA - 2017)
• HubSpot Fellow 2016: HubSpot Fellows is a one week intensive mini-MBA course for high potential leaders at HubSpot (1 of 25 selected from over 1800 employees)
• Champion of the Month for outstanding performance (Sept. & Dec. 2016)

Culture Content Creator

•	Stepped up to serve as interim Communications Officer when sitting director departed unexpectedly
•	Wrote, designed, and edited key WFP visibility materials, reports, and multimedia products (research briefs, fact sheets, brochures, educational posters, beneficiary stories, PowerPoints, Prezis)
•	Planned and facilitated multi-day interactive trainings for over 50 national staff on nutrition-sensitive programming and landscape analysis; incorporated learning management system (LMS) software

UN World Food Programme

Assistant for Nutrition and Communications Units

•	Co-taught 20 English foreign language (EFL) classes per week to more than 700 elementary school students
•	Developed interactive curricula for classroom and whole-school settings that utilized differentiated instruction
•	Awarded “Outstanding English Teaching Assistant Performance Award” by Fulbright executive director

The Fulbright Program

English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) Fellow at Fulbright U.S. Student Program

•	Researched and wrote senior thesis on food marketing for publication: “How do children’s parasocial relationships with media characters in touchscreen-based advergames influence subsequent snack choices?” 
•	Surveyed experimental subjects at local preschools, coded responses, and analyzed data using SPSS statistical software
•	Final paper entitled “Character Apps for Children’s Snacks: Effects of Character Awareness on Snack Selection and Consumption Patterns” published in the Games for Health Journal (Jan. 2018)

Children's Digital Media Center

Undergraduate Research Assistant

•	Wrote clear, creative, and engaging blog posts, newsletters, and Tweets on tight deadlines to support the dissemination of Let’s Move! messaging and key events such as the Kids’ State Dinner 
•	Supported the Let’s Move! team in planning and executing events with the First Lady, including a Mayor’s Convening of 150 elected officials, public health specialists, partner organizations, and federal agency staff
•	Independently managed the schedule and speaking arrangements for the Let’s Move! Executive Director, Chef Sam Kass
•	Coordinated and led weekly volunteering in the First Lady’s White House Kitchen Garden

Caroline Cotto