Chelsea Burns

Chelsea Burns

Innovation Consultant at Verisk
Seattle, Washington, United States

Chelsea Burns is Innovation Consultant at Verisk, Principal at Escaladora Ventures, and a GTM, Strategy, and Fundraising Consultant; she was Program Manager at Village Capital. She is Membership Chair, Board of Directors at Seattle Finance Collective, Advisor at Trailhead Capital, and Investor at Latitud, Fundeen, and LoanSense; she was Advisor at 30N Ventures and Grove Capital, and Investor at LiftEd.

Eastman School of Music Hires Chelsea Burns, Orit Hilewicz (Music Theory) and Mara Culp (Music Teaching and Learning) for 2017–2018

The Eastman School of Music is appointing Chelsea Burns and Orit Hilewicz to the Music Theory Department and Mara Culp to Music Teaching and Learning, all starting in the 2017–2018 academic year; Dean Jamal Rossi praised their research breadth and teaching commitment. Burns joins from Harvard with a 2016 PhD from the University of Chicago and research on Latin American modernisms, U.S. vernacular musics, and music-theory pedagogy.

Organizations

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  • Seattle Finance Collective Membership Chair, Board of Directors 2023–present · current
  • Verisk Innovation Consultant 2023–present · current
  • Trailhead Capital Advisor 2022–present · current

Education

  • Wharton Executive Education Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) Program · 2024–2025
  • GoingVC Venture Capital · 2019–2020
  • Pipeline Angels Angel Investing · 2019–2020
  • American University Dual Master's Degree, International Relations, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development · 2010–2012
  • University of Colorado Boulder Undergraduate, International Affairs, Anthropology · 2005–2009

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