Kirsten Tobey
Kirsten Tobey founded Revolution Foods in 2006 with Kristin Groos Richmond, a former classmate at Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Kirsten continues to steward the mission and drive the vision and brand experience for the company, overseeing marketing communications and talent management, among other key aspects of the business.
Prior to founding Revolution Foods, Kirsten's career spanned from leading experiential education programs in the US and Ecuador to evaluating the scalability of school feeding programs with the United Nations Hunger Task Force in Ghana. Kirsten is an Ashoka Fellow, Aspen Institute Fellow (Catto), a member of the Culinary Institute of America's Sustainable Business Council, and with co-founder Kristin Groos Richmond, was named Entrepreneur of the Year by NewSchools Venture Fund in 2010, is one of Time Magazine's Education Activists of 2011, and listed as one of Fortune's 40 under 40 for 2013.
Kirsten's work centers around developing innovative, attainable solutions aimed at providing access to healthy food and education to all current and future generations. She currently is a member of the Board of Directors for Mercaris, Net Impact and People's Community Market.
Kirsten holds an AB from Brown University and an MBA from UC Berkeley. She lives in Berkeley with her husband and three daughters. Kirsten's past associations include being a member of the USF Presidential Commission for Health Professions, and mentor for Women's Initiative Fellowship Program through the George W. Bush Institute.
Kirsten Tobey founded Revolution Foods in 2006 with Kristin Groos Richmond, a former classmate at Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Kirsten continues to steward the mission and drive the vision and brand experience for the company, overseeing marketing communications and talent management, among other key aspects of the business.
Prior to founding Revolution Foods, Kirsten's career spanned from leading experiential education programs in the US and Ecuador to evaluating the scalability of school feeding programs with the United Nations Hunger Task Force in Ghana. Kirsten is an Ashoka Fellow, Aspen Institute Fellow (Catto), a member of the Culinary Institute of America's Sustainable Business Council, and with co-founder Kristin Groos Richmond, was named Entrepreneur of the Year by NewSchools Venture Fund in 2010, is one of Time Magazine's Education Activists of 2011, and listed as one of Fortune's 40 under 40 for 2013.
Kirsten's work centers around developing innovative, attainable solutions aimed at providing access to healthy food and education to all current and future generations. She currently is a member of the Board of Directors for Mercaris, Net Impact and People's Community Market.
Kirsten holds an AB from Brown University and an MBA from UC Berkeley. She lives in Berkeley with her husband and three daughters. Kirsten's past associations include being a member of the USF Presidential Commission for Health Professions, and mentor for Women's Initiative Fellowship Program through the George W. Bush Institute.
