Dara Treseder | The Innovator 25 North America 2020
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Dara Treseder  

Chief Marketing & Communications Officer

Peloton 
San Francisco  

“The conversation is shifting—reporters are no longer as focused on the really interesting founder or company valuation. They’re focusing on substance, they’re asking hard questions. How are you fulfilling your promise? That’s been something that we, in the startup community, had to reckon with over the past 12 to 18 months. With COVID, it’s really ramped up.”

Earlier this year, Peloton has hired rising star Dara Treseder to lead global marketing and communications, reporting to the fitness company's president William Lynch. Treseder, who joins from 3D printing darling Carbon, where she was CMO is taking on one of the industry's hottest brands. Peloton has seen a surge in demand as consumers have been forced out gyms into home workouts. This boon comes after Peloton faced fierce backlash last year for an ad criticized for being "sexist and dystopian."

Just a few months into the job, Treseder launched Peloton's first major brand campaign highlighting nine real members of our @onepeloton community. Meanwhile, Treseder has also been building her personal brand to combat racism within the PR/marketing realm — and beyond.