Kim Elena Ionescu

From 2004 to 2015, Kim Elena Ionescu worked at Counter Culture Coffee as a Coffee Buyer and Sustainability Manager. In 2015, they joined the Specialty Coffee Association of America as the Director of Sustainability, holding this position until 2016. They then moved on to the Specialty Coffee Association in 2017, where they first served as the Chief Sustainability Officer until 2019, and then became the Chief Sustainability and Knowledge Development Officer.

Kim Elena Ionescu has a diverse education history. In 1999, they enrolled at Tufts University and completed their Bachelor of Arts degree in English, Spanish, and Latin American Studies in 2003. In 2007, they attended North Carolina Central University, where they studied Economics. In 2021, they attended the California College of the Arts and focused on Sustainable Fashion: The Ethics and Ecology of What We Wear. Most recently, in 2022, they attended IMD and completed a program called Foundations for Business Leadership.