Vanessa Cardona Kepp🇺🇸
Head of Strategy & Innovation at DonorsChoose
About Vanessa Cardona Kepp
Head of Strategy & Innovation at DonorsChoose
Vanessa Cardona Kepp is the Head of ColorPop Books and Strategy & Innovation at DonorsChoose, an award-winning nonprofit and the #1 crowdfunding platform for U.S. public school teachers. She is a part of the executive leadership team that launched ColorPop Books, a one-of-a-kind bookshop specializing in identity-affirming and representative books for families.
Vanessa is a dynamic product and operations leader with a 12-year track record, spanning from early-stage startups to big tech companies. Throughout her career, she has been a passionate advocate for BIMPOC and moms in the tech field, actively working to create opportunities for better representation.
From a young age, Vanessa's love for music and theatre was evident, but she came to the realization in college that Broadway roles weren’t written for someone who looked like her. Undeterred, she channeled that fierce determination into a multifaceted career journey, where she excelled in building new businesses from the ground up and scaling products globally. Vanessa's first venture into the tech world was at Trunk Club, where she led the customer experience team through hyper-growth, culminating in a $320 million acquisition by Nordstrom. Most recently, she spearheaded a new business initiative at Amazon that generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and launched in six countries.
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Sessions with Vanessa Cardona Kepp
- General Mentorship Session (30 min)