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Kim Bardakian

Board Member

A photo of Kim Bardakian, a woman with a colorful geometric shirt, a short hairstyle and blonde highlights, smiling to the camera.

Kim Bardakian is the Director of Media Relations for the Kapor Center, a non-profit which aims to make the technology ecosystem and entrepreneurship more diverse and inclusive. She also works with the Venture Capital arm, Kapor Capital, an early, seed-stage impact investing firm.

Prior to the Kapor Center, Kim served as the VP of PR and Community Relations for Visit Oakland, where she worked with local, national and international press to showcase all the positive things going on in “The Town.”

She currently serves as an active member with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), PRSA (San Francisco Chapter) and involved in a variety of other PR and media organizations. A native New Yorker, Kim holds both a Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Arts from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She proudly resides in Oakland where she is an avid tennis player and can be seen out and about dining at many of the great Oakland restaurants.