Cathryn C Peirce

 
 

I’m a woman who knocks firmly on doors.
Head held high, smile wide, I take pride in my ability to both draw people out and earn the trust to be invited in. I live with intention, and you’ll know it from the first knock.

From Fulbright Fellow in Ivory Coast, West Africa to Founder & CEO of a social impact financial technology company, my success in building relationships and achieving goals has always been predicated on earning the trust of others through my character and competencies.

 
 

My life's work is to build out mechanisms by which people can more effectively act
on their concern for gender, racial, environmental, and economic justice.
Let's do more than profess our values; let's practice them!

Founder & CEO of Carbon Zero Financial. Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Fulbright Fellow, Ivory Coast. Solo backpacker through Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Experienced problem solver with a demonstrated history of working in social impact, media, community mobilization, and sales. Passion for distilling complex dynamics into understandable and actionable frameworks. Deep love for multicultural relationship building, strategic communications, and building new systems to maximize impact.

To learn more about my journey so far, see below. Or better yet, meet me through my mantras !

 
 
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Founder & CEO: Carbon Zero Financial
April 2021 - Present

B2B API platform providing white-label ESG features for card products. It's time to make climate impact as simple as swiping your credit card.

www.carbonzero.cc
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Co-Founder & Educator: Share the Wealth
Fiscal Literacy Education
March 2021 - Present

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Founder: Accountable
Decentralization of Reparations
February 2021 - Present

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Director of Marketing: Compass:
The Stanton Hoch Team
April 2019 - March 2021 | NYC

 
 

Founder: My Voice Matters
Anti-Violence Consulting
May 2016 - Current

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Solo Backpacker
July 2017 - December 2018
Africa | Europe | Asia | North America

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Fulbright Scholar
September 2016 - July 2017 | Ivory Coast

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Chapter President: V-Day International
Anti-Violence Movement
May 2015 - June 2016 | Philadelphia

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Anti-Violence Educator: PAVE
Bystander Intervention Training
May 2015 - May 2016

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Production & Director’s Assistant
Brooklyn Films
May - August, 2016 | NYC

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Real Arts Fellow
Indigenous Media:

May 2015 - May 2016 | Los Angeles

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Marketing Intern
The Weinstein Company:

May - August, 2014 | NYC

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The University of Pennsylvania
B.S. in History; Media Studies; French minor
Class of 2016 | Philadelphia

GPA 3.86 / 4.0
Summa Cum Laude graduate


Activities: Penn Student Government: College Chair Class of 2016; Chair of Seniors for the Penn Fund; Pennacle Leadership Program; Kinoki Film Society; Sphinx Senior Society; Deans List 2012-2016; Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society; Pi Delta Phi French Honor Society; Fox Leadership Residential Program; Fisher Hassenfeld House Council; Goldberg Media & Communications Program; Big Brother Big Sister; Penn for Reproductive Health; Abuse and Sexual Assault Prevention

 
 

The William Penn Charter School
Class of 2012 | Philadelphia

GPA 3.71 / 4.0
Activities: President of Blue & Gold Society; Class Chair; President of the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA); Varsity Soccer; Mock Trial.

 

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Mantras

How you live each day is how you live your life

A good career provides a profession;
a great career provides a purpose

Never leave home without courage, class, compassion & confidence

Strangers are friends yet to be made