Diana Pereira

Diana Pereira is a Co-Founder at Kiva Cowork. Diana has over 20 years of experience in financial and operational management. Diana launched their first business, LaunchPoint Technologies, in 2003 and served as the Chief Financial Officer until 2008. Diana then worked as a Research/Admin Assistant for Commerce Capital Group from 1996 to 1998. In 1998, they started working as an International Trade Analyst for the U.S. Department of Commerce, The Commercial Service Export Assistance Center. After a year in that role, they moved to Accelerate2030 where they served as an International Jury Member from May 2017 to October 2017. Most recently, they were a Co-Owner at Goleta Coffee Co from June 2019 to March 2022. Diana has a passion for helping entrepreneurs and changemakers succeed and is committed to building a community of innovative thinkers.

Diana Pereira has a J.D. from The Santa Barbara & Ventura Colleges of Law, an Essentials of Exporting certificate from World Trade Center, a B.A. in Business Economics from University of California, Santa Barbara, and an Economics degree from Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna. Diana is also certified by the State Bar of California as a member.