About
Kalee Gardella is Partner and Chief Community Officer at Founders Circle Capital, where she leads The Circle, the firm's private leadership community for executives. She studied marketing, communications, and social entrepreneurship at Northeastern University and spent about a decade in tech marketing and communications roles at VMware, and later as Head of Marketing at Trinity Ventures. After relocating to Colorado in 2020, she founded a consulting firm serving VCs before joining Founders Circle full time.
Experience
- The Circle by Founders Circle CapitalChief Community Officercurrent2023 — present
- Founders Circle CapitalPartnercurrent2023 — present
- Founders Circle CapitalHead of Community & Programming2020 — 2023
- KMG CollectiveFounder2020 — 2023Breckenridge, Colorado, United States
- Trinity VenturesHead Of Marketing2016 — 2020Menlo Park, CA
- VMwareSenior Manager of Internal Communications2016Palo Alto, CA
- VMwareSenior R&D Communications Manager2015 — 2016Palo Alto
- VMwareR&D Communications Manager2013 — 2015Palo Alto, CA
- VMwareTradeshow Manager2012 — 2013Palo Alto, CA
- Jack Morton WorldwideAncillary Meeting Coordinator (Freelance)2011Las Vegas, NV
- VMwareAlliance Event Marketing Co-op2011Palo Alto, California
- EMCEvents Marketing Co-op2010Hopkinton, MA
- General Electric CompanyConsumer & Industrial Lighting Sales Co-op2009
Skills & more
Social Media Marketing24Event Management22Strategy19Event Planning19Marketing Communications9Cross-functional Team Leadership10Cloud Computing6Time Management4Go-to-market Strategy6Sales3Project Management3Vendor Management3
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Event ExecutionPowerPointVMwareDemand GenerationCorporate EventsTrade Show StrategyProcess ImprovementLogistics ManagementVendor RelationsExecutive Communications SupportExecutive CoachingInternal CommunicationsLanguages Spanish
From Kalee's professional profile.
Colleagues at Founders Circle Capital
Adam Simons
Investor at Founders Circle Capital
Amy Aina
Director of Executive Operations at Founders Circle Capital
Anagha Bharadwaj
Investor at Founders Circle Capital
Andrew Boston
Partner at Founders Circle Capital
Anthony Matusich
Chief Financial Officer at Founders Circle Capital
Avery Cannon
Chief Administrative Officer at Founders Circle Capital
Caroline Fairbank
Investor at Founders Circle Capital
Dominick Richiuso
Investor at Founders Circle Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kalee Gardella?
- Kalee Gardella is Partner and Chief Community Officer at Founders Circle Capital, where she leads The Circle, the firm's private leadership community for executives. She studied marketing, communications, and social entrepreneurship at Northeastern University and spent about a decade in tech marketing and communications roles at VMware, and later as Head of Marketing at Trinity Ventures. After relocating to Colorado in 2020, she founded a consulting firm serving VCs before joining Founders Circle full time.
- Where does Kalee Gardella work?
- Kalee Gardella is Partner & Chief Community Officer at Founders Circle Capital.
- Where did Kalee Gardella go to school?
- Kalee Gardella studied at Northeastern University (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Marketing major // Communications minor // focus on Social Entrepreneurship).
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