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John Kim serves as the Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Impact at 1Row, a brand strategy and marketing firm helping scale-up purpose driven ventures. Prior to that he spent 10 years in CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and ESG (environment/social/governance) roles at The Walt Disney Company and Herman Miller. Before that he worked at Lipman Hearne, a branding and marketing agency focused on the nonprofit sector, supporting higher education institutions, large foundations, and member associations. Earlier in his career, he served in the United States Peace Corps, worked on food insecurity impacting communities in the Washington, DC area and South Africa, and evaluated programs for the United Nations World Food Programme in Malawi. He’s also the creator of the blog, Virtuous Cycle, which highlights changemakers using bikes to do good. He received his master’s in public policy (MPP) from Georgetown University and his bachelor’s from Cornell University. He lives with his family in Montpelier, VT.