Successful Serial Entrepreneur and Former Nestlé Foods Executive
The operator behind the coach
Ramona Cappello weaves her passions for advocacy and entrepreneurship in all of her ventures. This is key to her 30+ year track record of delivering excellent business results for a variety of companies by leveraging strong brands or creating new ones.
Ramona graduated as valedictorian from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business. When Ramona is not traveling the world experiencing history and gaining inspiration or spending time with her family, she spends her free time actively involved in leadership with Young Presidents’ Organization serving as Chapter Chair and on international committees, and on the Board of Councilors for USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and USC Kaufman School of Dance, formerly serving on the Board of Trustees for the University Southern California, and as a member of USC Associates and USC Marshall Partners. Additionally, Ramona currently serves on the Boards of Mercury Insurance Group and Nielsen-Massey Vanillas, and is a member of Beyond Boards, Women Corporate Directors, and BoardNext.
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Working with Ramona
Ramona Cappello, Founder-CEO of Sunrise Growers, Fast-Casual, CPG, and Consumer Brands Operator, is especially valuable to CEOs focused on brand strategy, international expansion, and leadership team build.
Ramona Cappello weaves her passions for advocacy and entrepreneurship in all of her ventures. This is key to her 30+ year track record of delivering excellent business results for a variety of companies by leveraging strong brands or creating new ones.
Direct, operator-driven, and rooted in real P&L experience. Ramona Cappello coaches CEOs the way a former operator coaches, focused on the decisions that actually move the business, the metrics that expose the truth, and the leadership behaviors that compound over time.
Ramona Cappello is based in the United States and works with CEOs across North America and internationally through 1:1 coaching, board observation, and on-site strategic offsites as part of the CEO Coaching International team.
Companies coached by CEO Coaching International for two or more years have averaged 22.8%/yr revenue growth and 37.5%/yr EBITDA growth, roughly 2-3x U.S. benchmarks. Ramona Cappello coaches to the same operating standard: measurable growth, real leverage on the CEO's calendar, and a leadership team that can execute without you.
Same rooms, different scars
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