Kristin Groos Richmond: Heart of a Revolution

Join us in The BreakLine Arena for an inspiring, and uplifting conversation with Kristin Groos Richmond, Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman of Revolution Foods. In this episode, Kristin shares the incredible mission-driven success created by her company, as well as the challenges of innovating through a global pandemic to serve communities across the country.

Kristin founded Revolution Foods in 2005 with Kirsten Tobey to transform the way we feed our students. Kristin continues to lead the growth of the company which now serves over two million freshly prepared meals every week, across the country and recently, into grocery stores. Prior to founding Revolution Foods, Kristin’s career spanned from corporate finance to education reform including co-founding the Kenya Community Center for Learning and serving as Vice President at RISE. She began her career at Citi in Investment Banking. Kristin was a member of the White House Council for Community Solutions and is on the Dean’s Advisory Council at UC Berkeley. She is a Pahara-Aspen Fellow, an Ashoka Fellow and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. Kristin is on the Board of Directors for Generate Capital, a leading clean energy investment company and sustainable infrastructure operator. Most recently, Kristin was recognized as one of Inc.’s Top 100 Women Entrepreneurs of 2020.

Kristin holds a B.S. in Finance and Accounting from Boston College and a M.B.A. from U.C. Berkeley. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two sons.

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