Kayleigh Carpenter
Account Executive
Inspired by innovation and impactful stories. Always reaching for new heights, in hiking and (indoor) rock climbing. Loves the outdoors, but loves her bed more.
Since 2000, we’ve made it our business to uncover the most meaningful stories for your business. Whether we’re launching a startup, guiding a company through an IPO, or producing a podcast, we’re storytellers at our core —and have the strategists, creatives, and connections to create lasting impact for you, your business, and the world.
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Inspired by innovation and impactful stories. Always reaching for new heights, in hiking and (indoor) rock climbing. Loves the outdoors, but loves her bed more.
Not afraid of change, loves building new processes. Professional TV binger, can cover 3+ seasons in a 3-day weekend.
Lives to tell impactful stories. Splits time between CO (and her horse), and CA (acting during her off-time). Listens to eminem daily.
Creating compelling content is her favorite part of the job. Can be found taking absurdly long walks or at her pottery wheel. A big fan of Broadway shows - has seen 65 and counting.
Content pro and mom to the adorable Z. Enjoys distilling complex tech stories into simple, engaging content. Party planning is her secret passion (and obsession).
Always learning and writing about people, industries and innovations that change the world. Loves being outdoors with her dog, Posy. Has synesthesia and plays the cello.
Thrives on organizing the moving parts of a project—like solving a puzzle or cracking a mystery. Passion project junkie. Sports an eyebrow scar from a bygone razor scooter incident.
Loves telling her client's stories to the world. Finds joy in a good book and her monthly bookclub. On a journey to find the best almond croissant in NYC.
Obsessed with culture studies - and breaking pop culture moments are her beat. Find her at a farmers market or knitting up a storm.
Loves to tell stories about companies that make a difference in the world. A big basketball fan, he coaches a team at his local community center.
Loves connecting with her amazing and intelligent teammates. Always down for a spontaneous trip. Teaches yoga in her free time.
Helps brands find their voice, translating passion into stories of inspiration and innovation. Multidisciplinary writer and artist. Obsessed with collecting vintage family photos from thrift stores.
Everything is a puzzle and Line's ready to get the pieces right. Foreign films are her jam - especially the French ones. Obsessed with baby cows.
Huge sports fan who’s always up for talking game. Helps clients tell stories about making the world better. Proud griller, skier, and Dachshund dad to Harpo.
Appreciates being a part of fun supportive teams that help her grow. Loves her four-legged baby and takes her job as fur mom seriously.
Loves the change-the-world companies she works with everyday. A lover of pottery, art and especially animals. Ask her about her pets!
Loves a good huddle and her weekly frittata. Currently thrifting a capsule kitchen.
Loves getting in at the ground floor and building companies to the next level. Leaves no dance floor behind.
Works with cutting edge technology. Bravo junkie. Will say hi to your dog first.
Gets to work with companies that are quite literally making history. Usually on a walk with a latte in hand. Never says no to karaoke.
Believes genuine connection is the key to all marketing. Enjoys mountain biking, fly fishing, rock climbing, and LaCroix. Does not enjoy coffee.
Driven by change-the-world companies, jazzed to tell their stories. Solves a Rubik cube once a week so he doesn't get rusty. Eternally chasing the perfect first hole tee shot.
Loves learning, especially about emerging industries. Has lived in 6 countries. Relishes a romcom, just ask for her favs.
Believes in the importance of connection to storytelling (And in the beauty of a layer cake). If lost, often found in a tiki bar.
Brings fresh, creative angles to every client's story. Avid explorer, traveler, and multitasker (usually reading three books at once). Once lived on a houseboat near Hong Kong.
Forever finding the “golden nugget” that transforms a good story into a great one. Usually spending time with her family and rescue pup Remi. Always up for a creative workout—from boxing to line dancing.
Embraces a challenge - with storytelling and in life. Loves the outdoors. Lives in one of the snowiest cities in the US; doesn't ski or snowboard.
No day is the same for Tyson, and she loves the opportunity to learn something new every day. Up for adventure, catch her exploring her city of San Diego. From a big family and embraces the busy.
Our resident fix-it-all. Loves celebrating colleagues and Pilates. On the hunt for the scariest movie of all time.
Gets to hear stories from around the world—and help share them. Loves scrapbooking and picking up new languages. Always growing her Miffy collection.
Gets to turn expert insights into great stories—and learns something new every day. Find her hiking, skiing, or beach-hopping around the Bay Area. Grew up doing competitive dance in Minnesota (yes, like Dance Moms).
Passionate about crafting the story, driven by the chase of landing it. Powered by cold brew and curiosity. An exclamation point hates to see her coming. Go Dodgers!
Loves learning from experts. A fearless spirit, and maybe a little injury prone (she broke 6 different bones before age 10). Catch her outside. Most of the time.
Asks the best questions, and earnestly wants to hear your answers. Always reaching new highs - has hiked all 48 4,000 footers in NH. Broke up with caffeine in 2021, misses it terribly.
Thrives on niche, complex topics. The oxford comma's biggest fan. Makes a mean banana bread.
Makin' schemes and selling dreams. Always digressing to avoid regressing. Ask him about gumbo soup dumplings.
Has the best subject lines. Embraces the world - has travelled 24 countries across 4 continents. Lives in the US, is a Australian and Italian citizen.
Journalist turned media maven. Loves returning to her roots to work with reporters. Live music is her passion.
Big on building relationships. Collector of frog tchotchkes. Sneezes when full.
Not afraid to roll up her sleeves and get the job done. Enjoys baking sourdough and making ceramics. Has a pet bunny named Skip.
Loves meeting new people and hearing their stories. Gave up caffeine 3 years ago and is still surviving (somehow). Lifelong dog lover who finally has her very own, Gus.
Passionate about climate tech and the details that make stories shine—will copy-edit anything in sight. Outdoors addict and vintage scavenger with too many collections to count.
Connecting person-to-person is her favorite part of work. Loves all things foodie (ask her for Chicago restaurant recs) and funny (she dabbled in comedy in a previous life).
Always down for a creative challenge. Helps run and manage his family's diner, Brookline Lunch - catch it on zoom. Has over 150 cousins.
A Slack queen, Gaby loves the opportunity to connect with people from all over. Catch her in her downtime reading or watching Bravo. Routinely hits over 100,000 minutes every year on Spotify.
Communication is her superpower, email is her tool. Anime fan, reads manga. Favorite color is green.
Learning about new, change-the-world industries is her jam, when she's not jamming on her guitar. A quick talker - she can recite the 50 states in alphabetical order in under a minute.
Your company's biggest cheerleader. Midwest gal turned CA convert (still a big Bucks fan though). Can be found at the Ferry Building farmer's market.
Connecting with people makes Kevin's day brighter. A lover of all things wellness and self-proclaimed fitness junkie.
Writer by nature, so loves the opportunity to tinker with a good story. Catch her hanging with her dog, Hugo. Was a competitive equestrian for 15 years.
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