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Kira McCroden

Wildcard · DISC type cis
VP of Marketing and Communications, Forerunner at Forerunner
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Kira McCroden is the VP of Marketing and Communications at Forerunner, a venture capital firm focused on consumer brands. She has over a decade of experience building communications programs from the ground up, notably leading Modern Fertilitys brand strategy through its $225M acquisition. Kira holds a Bachelors Degree from UC Santa Barbara.

Outside of work, Kira has a wide array of hobbies she enjoys, including long-distance bike riding, pilates, samba dancing, boxing, fly fishing, surfing, and ceramics. She enjoys exploring nature-filled destinations and is always open to an outdoor walk-and-talk.

Fun fact: Before joining Forerunner, she was already applying to be a part-time travel advisor for Fora, one of their portfolio companies, simply because she admired the brand.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
VP of Marketing and Communications, Forerunner
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Kira shows up

Friendly But Slow
Curious But Skeptical
Requires Proof

They are unlikely to ever become strong champions even when the conversations are going well; you should focus on cultivating other champions They typically tend to be late adopters even when they seem friendly and excited about what you have to sell They are often friendly and nice, but can sometimes suprise you with their piercing questions

Priorities

Topics Kira cares about

Brand Storytelling
Her entire career is focused on building communications programs from scratch, blending brand strategy, content, and public relations for high-growth startups and VC firms.
Consumer Investing
As a marketing leader at Forerunner, she is deeply involved in backing and shaping the narratives of ambitious teams building modern consumer-focused companies.
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Career

Work history

11-2022
VP of Marketing and Communications, Forerunner
Forerunner
2-2023
Mixing Board Member
Mixing Board
7-2022 - 12-2022
Advisor and consultant
Self-employed
2-2019 - 7-2022
Director of Brand and Communications
Modern Fertility
1-2018 - 12-2018
Head of Communications and Marketing
Social Capital LP
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Media appearances

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Education
Bachelor’s Degree
UC Santa Barbara
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

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