Corinne Graper

Corinne Graper leads Uplift and provides strategic counsel to clients across environmental, social, governance and communications issues.

With deep corporate strategy, change management and social impact experience, she helps business leaders drive sustainable and responsible business transformation.

Uplift provides its clients with both technical expertise in environmental, human rights, and social impact issues and sustainability communicators and creatives to help companies look better and do better.

Corinne’s passion for helping businesses drive positive change grew from her experience at Fortune 100 corporations, the United Nations, global nonprofits and grassroots organizations. She led various social responsibility and communications initiatives at Northwestern Mutual, Allstate Insurance Company and Kellogg Company.

In addition to being the CEO of Uplift, Corinne has been an advisor to the United Nations – Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund. She is also on the board of advisors of NeedsList, a technology company that brings efficiency to the global humanitarian aid system.

Corinne has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in communications from Western Michigan University. She and her husband have three children and two dogs, which makes her a master at juggling things and tuning out loud noises.