Activators

Kim Coupounas is passionate about amplifying the power of business to advance an equitable and regenerative future for humanity and our planet. She relishes building organizations, communities, and collaborations that lead to positive impact and systems change. As a Partner at Leaders’ Quest, she's thrilled to be cultivating game-changing collaborations and courageous business leaders to address today’s complex global social and environmental challenges. Prior to joining LQ, she was an instrumental leader in the B Corp movement, advancing stakeholder-based capitalism while activating business leaders and companies to operationalize sustainable and regenerative principles and to use their collective power and voice for systemic change. She co-led the largest mobilization of companies in history committed to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Prior to B Lab, Kim co-founded and served as CEO of GoLite, a purpose-driven outdoor products brand and one of the earliest Certified B Corps. She also formerly served as Chairperson of the Board of the Outdoor Industry Association; Principal at The Parthenon Group (now Parthenon EY) strategy firm; and as an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Kim holds MBA and MPA degrees from Harvard, an AB Cum Laude from Princeton, and attended Oxford University as a Rotary Foundation Graduate Scholar. Based in Colorado, she spends her free time with family in nature and enjoys martial arts, yoga, singing, and climbing big mountains. Kim and her husband have climbed four of the world’s Seven Summits, many Colorado “14ers,” and the highest mountain or molehill in all 50 United States.