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Lindsey Kneuven (she/her)

Senior Advisor

Lindsey’s Superpowers:

Global Grantmaking & Philanthropy
Social Enterprise Development & Management,
Nonprofit Program Design & Implementation

Lindsey Kneuven is a seasoned systems change practitioner with over two decades of experience spanning corporate philanthropy, international NGOs, community foundations, and social enterprises.

Lindsey served as the Chief Impact Officer at Pluralsight, Inc., a leading enterprise technology skills platform. In this capacity, she founded and led Pluralsight One, the company's social enterprise, where she developed a $40 million foundation aimed at democratizing technology skills. Her leadership encompassed partnerships, grants, and product development.

Before her tenure at Pluralsight, Lindsey was the Chief Impact Officer at Cotopaxi, a Utah-based outdoor gear company with a core social mission. She crafted the company's mission and impact strategy, overseeing philanthropic programs and guiding the company through multiple funding rounds where its social mission served as a key differentiator.

Lindsey's earlier roles include directing global grantmaking, strategic planning, and large-scale employee engagement programs for multinational corporations such as Oracle, Juniper Networks, and Singularity University at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF). During her tenure, SVCF managed over $7.3 billion in assets and granted over $823 million in 2015 alone, making it the largest community foundation globally. She also authored a white paper on human trafficking in Silicon Valley, earning the Leigh Stillwell Award for Excellence.

In the international development sphere, Lindsey worked with Nuru International as their Senior Education Program Director in East Africa, developing and implementing a primary school literacy model. Additionally, as the Global Grants Manager for the Salesforce Foundation, she managed multimillion-dollar granting initiatives over four years.

Her contributions have been recognized with numerous honors, including being named a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year, a Silicon Slopes’ Community Hero, a Women Tech Awards Winner, one of Utah Business's 30 Women to Watch, and an Enlightened 50 honoree by the Community Foundation of Utah.

Lindsey has also served on the Utah Lieutenant Governor’s Commission on Community Engagement, as Vice Chair of the Community Foundation of Utah, and on various nonprofit boards and committees.