2025 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit

Kelly Goodejohn is Vice President and Chief Social Impact Officer at The Starbucks Coffee Company, where she’s been working for 19 years. As part of the company’s community promise to contribute positively, she leads the community and social impact strategy, including enabling partner engagement, developing social impact stories portfolio, community resilience programs, and responding in times of disaster. She is focused on ways in which Starbucks can support thriving communities by empowering partners, leverage their third place for human connection, and solve community challenge. This work extends to the Starbucks Alumni Community, where they are building an active alumni community that enhances partners’ life-long connection with Starbucks.

Her team also leads the Starbucks Foundation, which supports thriving communities through grants to nonprofit organizations, from coffee and tea-growing communities around the world to their hometown in Seattle and neighborhoods across the country. They strive to create a positive impact for people—from the first ten feet to the last ten feet of coffee—by supporting nonprofit organizations in partnership with Starbucks partners, licensee partners, and others with a shared commitment and belief in stronger, more equitable communities.

Kelly is an executive sponsor of Hora del Café, a Partner Network that celebrates the Latino culture, develops partners, and positively impacts customers and communities. With over 25 years of social impact and sustainability experience, Kelly has a relentless commitment to making a difference for all.