Co-Founder and CEO, GiveForward
Half Costa Rican, half Kansan, Desiree graduated from Yale University in 2004. Prior to founding GiveForward in 2008 with co-founder Ethan Austin, she worked as a specialist in collegiate entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City and as an independent consultant for Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors. She is passionate about philanthropy and the role that small-scale donors can have on our communities. Desiree was named Inc. Magazine’s 30 under 30 and Forbes Women to Watch. When not working, she spends her time with her amazing family and inventing recipes that don’t always work.