Katie Clizbe Mador is a seasoned commercial leader and growth strategist with 20+ years in global CPG, specializing in beverage, food, personal care, beauty, and disruptive health & wellness. She has held leadership roles in Strategy, Sales, Operations, and Category Management at The Coca-Cola Company, where she spent over a decade driving revenue, distribution partnerships, commercial strategy, and growth-driven innovation. She has also advised leading legacy brands such as Danone, Allergan, Kellogg Company, Evian, Gallo Wines, Red Bull, Weider Nutrition/Schiff, Wells Dairy, and Henkel, while playing a pivotal leadership role in scaling high-growth brands, including Vital Proteins (acquired by Nestlé Health Science), ZICO, Honest Tea, Topo Chico, Fairlife, iwi life, and other innovative startups and entrepreneurial ventures.

As Founder of Kilele Ventures, Katie is a hands-on advisor to category-defining consumer businesses in food, beverage, nutraceuticals, personal care, pet, and nutrition. She partners with emerging CPG brands as a trusted strategic advisor and fractional CCO, driving go-to-market strategy, commercialization, retail expansion, and operational transformation. With deep leadership experience at Coca-Cola’s Venturing & Emerging Brands (VEB) incubator, Vital Proteins, and IRI (now Circana), she empowers founders and executive teams with expertise in business acceleration, strategic partnerships, commercial operations, and organizational development.

A proven general manager and revenue driver, Katie has built world-class brands, led high-performing teams, and scaled businesses across both iconic corporations and high-growth startups. She takes an insights-driven approach, leveraging data and analytics to shape strategy, optimize execution, and unlock sustainable growth—all while cultivating lasting relationships and empowering teams to succeed.
For the past decade, Katie has helped early-stage startups and $100M+ brands scale through data-driven commercial strategies, disruptive brand-building, organizational design, and national distribution expansion. Dedicated to scaling startups, she offers the expertise, connections, and transformative strategies that fuel their growth, positioning her as a sought-after leader in CPG category creation and market expansion. As an operator, advisor, and investor, she has led large-scale strategic initiatives and transformational change efforts, forged game-changing partnerships, and optimized commercial operations for scalable, sustainable success.
Katie thrives at the intersection of strategy and execution, helping brands scale through bold, consumer-centric strategies. She seamlessly integrates across sales, R&D, finance, operations, marketing, and supply chain—while also collaborating with venture capital and private equity investors to drive growth, execution, and long-term success.
Passionate about health & wellness, people-first leadership, and purpose-driven growth, Katie is committed to shaping the future of CPG by supporting the next generation of industry trailblazers and building sustainable businesses, engaged teams, and lasting consumer connections.