Virginia Tenpenney

Virginia is President, North America and Chief Impact Officer at Goodera, where she links companies’ volunteer ambitions to a global infrastructure that meets nonprofit needs and quantifies community impact. An industry pioneer in corporate social impact, she draws on two decades of global experience across ethical sourcing, philanthropy, sustainability, social innovation and workforce development.

 

Previously, Virginia served as Starbucks’ Chief Global Social Impact Officer and Executive Director of The Starbucks Foundation, steering strategy at the intersection of business priorities and community outcomes, and later founded advisory firm Tenpenny Impact. She began her career at Nordstrom and now sits on the board of USA for UNHCR and other community organizations.