Executive DirectorMiracleFeet
Chesca Colloredo-Mansfeld is the CEO and co-founder of MiracleFeet, a non-profit that treats children born with clubfoot in low-income countries. In launching MiracleFeet, Chesca saw the opportunity to bring the low-cost, non-surgical solution for this leading cause of physical disability to global scale.
Working with local partners, MiracleFeet has helped over 50,000 children in 29 countries access the high quality treatment they need to live active, productive lives.
A common birth defect, clubfoot affects one in every 800 children worldwide. Left untreated in many under-resourced countries, it is a major cause of disability, stigma, pain, and poverty. And yet, over 95 percent of cases can be completely treated for less than $500 a child.
Chesca grew up in Africa and Asia before becoming a Morehead Cain scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and later earning an MBA from Stanford University. Chesca’s background in investment banking, consulting, humanitarian aid, technology start-ups, and academia helped propel her into a successful social entrepreneur.
A mother of three, Chesca and her husband, an anthropologist, reside in Chapel Hill, NC.