Caroline O’Connor

Caroline has taught Design Thinking at Stanford, and launched high-growth product brands at Google for more than a decade. Her experience growing up in California – using WIC for groceries and living in Section 8 housing – instilled a passion for supporting the needs of mothers and children.  Caroline started her career as a journalist for the Chicago Tribune and the Miami Herald. She has worked in development for Stanford University, where she has a master's degree and was a post-graduate fellow and lecturer at the d.school. Caroline and her husband have three children and are trying to visit every state park in California. Her family pretends to love ice hockey as much as she does.