BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Prior to For Good Ventures, Kim worked at Goldman Sachs in their Technology, Media and Telecom Investment Banking Groups in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and Deutsche Bank Mergers & Acquisitions Group in NYC. She obtained her undergraduate degree from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and received her MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Kim has held designations including USGBC LEED, CCIM, and Series 79 license.

Kim is also a board member of Turntide Technologies, Legends of Learning, and the Sustainable Ocean Alliance. She is an advisor to impact-focused companies, funds and nonprofits.  Kim is a partner at Gratitude Railroad, member of Astia Angels, Nexus, X-Prize, Penn Venture Labs Judge, and a Summit Fellow.

Previously, Jade was Vice President of Communications at the Case Foundation and Revolution Venture Capital, a D.C. based venture capital firm with $2.5 billion assets under management. During her nearly ten-year tenure there she led executive positioning, expanded new media opportunities for grantees, portfolio companies and executives; developed strategic partnerships with leading publications and media outlets; and sourced, staffed and curated hundreds of events aimed to promote their work to revolutionizing philanthropy and unleashing entrepreneurship in communities across the globe. She has secured thousands of media stories in outlets like the New York Times, Fortune, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Forbes, Tech Crunch, CNBC and more.

She spent five years at CLS Strategies, a strategic international public affairs firm in Washington D.C. where her clients included the Champagne Bureau, Center for Wine Origins, American Dental Association, Genworth Financial Long Term Care and Mortgage Insurance divisions, USA Maritime Coalition and the Project for U.S. Food Aid and Security Coalition.

Jade is an adjunct professor at George Washington University where she teaches on Social Impact Communications. She currently, and has previously, served on the board and in advisory roles to Stubblefield Institute for Civil Political Communication at Shepherd University, the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs National Council, Sitar Arts Center, Spur Local DC, FRESHFARM Markets, the Communications Network, the Multicultural Media Correspondents Association, DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative, Black Girl Ventures, Project Create and more.

Jade is a recipient of the Washington Business Journal “40 Under 40” and Huffington Post “IGNITEGood Millennial Impact Challenge Award”. She is a frequent speaker on social impact communications and seasoned moderator taking the stage at the Next Narrative Summit, Shorty Awards, SXSW, Trending Broadway, the Communications Network, the Cause and Influence Summit, Net Impact, the Millennial Impact Conference and more.

Prior to joining YouTube, Trond worked at Google for nearly 14 years leading new technology development for global products. He helped design and launch Chrome OS and lead development for Google WiFi and Google’s Pixelbook line of laptops and tablets. Within Alphabet, Trond serves as an Ambassador to the Product Management steering committee and helps lead talent development and hiring programs across the company.


Trond earned his Bachelors of Science in Engineering in Computer Science from the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University and holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. Trond is also a board member of the Sustainable Ocean Alliance, advisor to high-impact technology companies, an investor in more than 25 early stage businesses and an active member of the Hustle Fund Angel Squad.

David is the co-chair of Goodwin's climate technologies practice, and focuses on advising founders and investors at all stages as they bring technologies that improve our world to the market, to scale and to profitability.