Tesheia Van der Horst

Examiner
DISC Type : cs

Founding Growth Strategy at Cambio

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Tesheia is a growth strategy leader in the climate-tech space at Cambio, focusing on sustainability for commercial real estate. Her background includes roles in venture capital and private equity at Kapor Capital and VMG Partners. She holds an honors degree from Wesleyan University.

Outside of her professional work, Tesheia is deeply committed to advancing female leadership, notably through her work with The Women on Boards Project. She is also an avid traveler and foodie, always looking for new experiences and cuisines to explore.

She helped connect over thirty women to new board roles through The Women on Boards Project.

Personality Overview

Process Oriented

Late Adopter

Unexpressive

Being observant comes to them naturally.  They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end. They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time.

Topics They Care About

Climate Tech
Currently works in a founding growth strategy role at Cambio, a climate-tech company automating sustainability reporting for commercial real estate.
Women in Leadership
Serves as Board Secretary for The Women on Boards Project, a nonprofit dedicated to helping women get seats on high-growth company boards.
Impact Investing
Previously worked as Director of Portfolio Services at Kapor Capital, a firm that invests in seed-stage startups making a positive social impact.

Media Appearances

Tesheia has no verified media appearances

Work History

7-2025
Founding Growth Strategy at Cambio
2-2025 - 7-2025
Chief of Staff (Freelance) at koala
5-2023 - 12-2024
Director of Portfolio Services at Kapor Capital
9-2019 - 5-2023
Chief of Staff at VMG Partners
8-2021 - 2-2023
Board Secretary at The Women on Boards Project

Education

Honors - Bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University
Social Sciences from University of Amsterdam

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Insights For Selling To Tesheia

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Spend time addressing concerns around risk and change, they will have them even if they don't express them
  • Be firm in your communication and stay in control
  • Ask them which other stakeholders would be important for this purchase decision

DONT's

  • Avoid getting into storytelling mode, especially when they ask specific questions
  • Don't push them too hard to make fast decisions, give them time
  • Don't rely on relationship building even if they act pleasantly

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Tesheia is

  • Adoption by others is very important to them, followed by confidence in ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Tesheia

  • They don’t say no often, they push out the decisions or keep going around in circles.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Tesheia move?

  • They don't like to hasten, so their speed of decision-making may be slow.
  • Can Tesheia take some risk or not?

  • They have little willingness to take risks, and prefer making calculated decisions.

You And Tesheia

Personality Compatibility


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