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Runa Knapp(she/her) Finance and Governance Committee
Founder/CEO, FoundHer
Westport, CT Social Media Links
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Why are you excited for a B Local CT chapter?
What is compelling you to volunteer your time and resources to this newly forming organization?
Besides being a great knowledge-sharing resource, I'm excited for a B local CT chapter as our company is very committed to the local business landscape (ie, our choice of vendors, clients, and candidates) and it would be great to be able to connect and be part of a larger network of companies in our area who are interested in joining in on the movement!
About Runa
Runa is a Co-Founder and CBDO at FoundHer. In addition to business development, she wears many hats in the company's day-to-day operations. She performs full-cycle recruiting services, including drafting job descriptions, sourcing qualified candidates, conducting interviews with prospects, scheduling interviews with clients, and facilitating offer negotiations. On the candidate side, she conducts introductory meetings, provides valuable tips for job searching, helps with interview preparation, and suggests resume edits. With her background in accounting and her passion for creating, Runa is responsible for all financial aspects of the business and creating content and graphics for FoundHer’s marketing materials.
Before co-creating FoundHer, Runa was a CPA in the financial services audit practice at KPMG for 12 years. During her tenure at KPMG, Runa was jump-promoted twice and left the firm as a senior manager. In this role, she managed multiple team members, was the lead point person on several audit engagements, including real estate funds and properties, debt funds, and employee benefit plans, and was selected to teach at the local & national levels. Her teaching credentials include technical consolidation accounting guidance at an NYC-based CFO forum with leaders from the real estate industry and audit fundamentals at a national audit training of experienced senior associates.
During the last four years at KPMG, Runa worked part-time to spend more time with her young children. After leaving the firm in 2016 and taking a few years off to raise her kids full-time, Runa co-founded FoundHer, driven primarily by her desire to help other working professional moms find jobs that worked for them. Runa’s quick success in the recruiting business resulted from qualities she picked up during her professional career: the ability to quickly but diligently establish relationships and create meaningful connections (i.e., sift through the noise) and provide unmatched client service.
Runa currently sits on the Board of Directors of B Local Connecticut. Runa is an active PTA volunteer at her children's school, and the former Treasurer for the Young Woman's League in Westport, CT. In her free time, Runa enjoys traveling with her family and binge-watching shows (her favorites so far are Ted Lasso & Yellowstone), and she can’t function without her morning workout. Runa lives in Westport, CT, with her husband and two children.
Before co-creating FoundHer, Runa was a CPA in the financial services audit practice at KPMG for 12 years. During her tenure at KPMG, Runa was jump-promoted twice and left the firm as a senior manager. In this role, she managed multiple team members, was the lead point person on several audit engagements, including real estate funds and properties, debt funds, and employee benefit plans, and was selected to teach at the local & national levels. Her teaching credentials include technical consolidation accounting guidance at an NYC-based CFO forum with leaders from the real estate industry and audit fundamentals at a national audit training of experienced senior associates.
During the last four years at KPMG, Runa worked part-time to spend more time with her young children. After leaving the firm in 2016 and taking a few years off to raise her kids full-time, Runa co-founded FoundHer, driven primarily by her desire to help other working professional moms find jobs that worked for them. Runa’s quick success in the recruiting business resulted from qualities she picked up during her professional career: the ability to quickly but diligently establish relationships and create meaningful connections (i.e., sift through the noise) and provide unmatched client service.
Runa currently sits on the Board of Directors of B Local Connecticut. Runa is an active PTA volunteer at her children's school, and the former Treasurer for the Young Woman's League in Westport, CT. In her free time, Runa enjoys traveling with her family and binge-watching shows (her favorites so far are Ted Lasso & Yellowstone), and she can’t function without her morning workout. Runa lives in Westport, CT, with her husband and two children.
About FoundHer
FoundHer focuses on connecting today’s generation of women and mothers, who are passionate about a workplace culture that shares their values, with corporate clients who welcome and support these talented women in a flexible working environment. Most of our candidates are mothers re-entering the workforce after a brief career break or commuters looking for a local or flexible position.
