Kim Bishop
Board Chair
Kimberly Bishop is an experienced C-suite executive and board director with over 30 years of business leadership experience. She is currently co-CEO of Kinetic Leaders, specializing in strategy innovation and talent strategy.
As a board and governance leader, Ms. Bishop is NACD Directorship Certified® (NACD.DC). She also has a Certificate in Private Company Governance from the Private Directors Association®, CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight from Carnegie Mellon University and ESOP Governance Essentials, by the Private Directors Association® and the National Center for Employee Ownership. She was named a 2024 Director to Watch by Private Company Director.
Ms. Bishop is a member of the International Women’s Forum and C200. Earlier, she was executive vice president at First Data Corporation for over 16 years, rising through the ranks from an entry-level call center position to become the youngest person to serve on the leadership team overseeing its $2 billion card division and 8,000 employees.
She currently serves on the board of Starlite Building Services, a national trade construction firm. She is also a former board member of Judlau Contracting Inc. where she was Lead Director and former board of advisors of Hitch Works, Inc. She is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, Private Directors Association, Extraordinary Women on Boards and Women Corporate Directors.
Ms. Bishop received the Girl Scouts Woman of Distinction Award and the New York Women’s Agenda STAR Award for her contributions to women and children.
As a speaker, she has lectured at Harvard University, Columbia University, and Barnard College and has addressed numerous professional organizations and conferences.
