Katie Jacobs Stanton

Katie Jacobs Stanton
Stanton at LeWeb12 Conference in Paris, France, 2012
Born (1970-10-17) October 17, 1970 (age 54)
Alma materRhodes College (B.A., 1991)
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University (MIA, 1995)
Occupation(s)CMO of Color Genomics, Former Vice President of Global Media at Twitter (2010–2016)
Children3
President Barack Obama greeting Stanton and her children upon her departure from the White House in 2009

Katie Jacobs Stanton (born October 17, 1970) is an American executive. She is the Founder and General Partner of Moxxie Ventures.[1] Prior to starting Moxxie Ventures, Stanton was the CMO of Color Genomics[2] and the Vice President of Global Media at Twitter. Stanton was on Forbes list as the 56th most powerful woman in the world. She sits on the list for People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People. Stanton has also been featured in Vogue and Fortune Magazine. She worked at Twitter from July 2010 through January 2016. Stanton sits on the board of directors for Vivendi[3] and Time.[4]

In January 2010 she was appointed the Special Advisor to the Office of Innovation at the U.S. State Department, where she made extensive use of Twitter. Previously, Barack Obama appointed her to the newly created Director of Citizen Participation position. Stanton is a veteran of Google, where her work has included Google Moderator, Google Finance, and the Open Social initiative. Previously, she was a producer for Yahoo! Finance.

  1. ^ "#ANGELS founding partner raises $25M for debut fund Moxxie Ventures". 18 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Former Twitter executive Katie Jacobs Stanton is headed for genomics startup Color as CMO". Recode. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  3. ^ "Supervisory Board". Vivendi. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  4. ^ "Time Inc. - Invest - Governance - Board of Directors". invest.timeinc.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2017-09-16.