Renee Kaplan

Biography

Renee Kaplan is the CEO of TPW (The Philanthropy Workshop), leading a community of 450 global social investors to unlock resources and accelerate impact. She has more than 20 years of business experience in corporate, entrepreneurial, and philanthropy sectors. Prior to TPW she was the Chief Strategy & Programs Officer for the Skoll Foundation where she oversaw the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, the Skoll World Forum, strategic alliances, marketing & communications, and issue intelligence programs. Her professional background includes eight years at Microsoft in corporate and international marketing—working directly with executive leadership and spending considerable time in India, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. Following Microsoft, she was founder and CEO of an e-commerce start up, FutureWorkplace, Inc. After selling her business, she spent six years as executive vice president of the Casey Family Programs Foundation, executing a strategic reorganization of the foundation. She was also the principal of RKaplan Consulting and partnered with clients including The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Giving Pledge, and the Stanford University Center on Philanthropy and Civic Society. She lives in the Bay Area, California with her husband and two teenage sons and is an avid soccer (futbol!) player.