Haydee Caldero

As COO of employee-owned Crêpes à Latte (CAL), Haydee oversees the alignment of the company's growth strategy. In 2018, she oversaw CAL’s transformation into a 100% employee-owned company. The company, which is in experiential hospitality, was awarded the Inc 5000 ranking as one of the fastest-growing companies in America from 2018 to 2020. Haydee has experience scaling the sales, finance, technology, and human resource operations of organizations, and she is passionate about ensuring ESOPs can continue to create generational wealth for their workers and the local communities they serve. Before joining CAL, Haydee Caldero was a cofounder of Dignitas, where she advised a portfolio of 50+ business owners on succession planning, acquisitions and dispositions, corporate finance, and capital structure.