Darcy Howe

Darcy A. Howe is the founder of Women Corporate Directors, founded in 2013, and KCRise Fund Manager LLC, founded in 2016, where she holds the title of Managing Director.
Currently, Ms. Howe is the Chief Executive Officer at KCRise Capital LLC.
She is also a Director at Cariloop, Inc. since 2020, a Board Member at backstitch, Inc. since 2019, a Board Member at Startland Ltd. since 2016, and a Board Member at Idle Smart, Inc. since 2019.
In the past, Ms. Howe served as a Director at SpiderOak, Inc. and Daupler, Inc. She was also a Director at Rawxies from 2015 to 2018.
Prior to that, she held the position of First Vice President-Investments at Merrill Lynch Mortgage Capital, Inc. from 1984 to 2015.
Ms. Howe was an Advisory Board member at The Bama Cos., Inc. from 2013 to 2016.
She also held roles as Treasurer & Trustee at United Way of Greater Kansas City, Inc. and Investor at Set Community Youth Center, Inc. Ms. Howe obtained her undergraduate degree from Kelley School of Business in 1979.