Jessica Klodnicki
CEO, KNS International
Jessica Klodnicki has had 30 years of experience building consumer brands in the health, wellness, sports, and outdoor industries. Most recently, she led KT Tape through a successful sale to Bridges Consumer Healthcare and is now serving as CEO at KNS International across its portfolio of four footwear brands – Birdies, Taft, Journee Collection, and Vance. Jessica also serves as the Executive Chairman of Gathr Outdoors, a platform of golf, camp, and outdoor recreation brands.
Previously, she was CMO of Skullcandy, earning recognition on the Forbes CMO Next and Entrepreneurial CMO lists. She previously served as General Manager at Vista Outdoor (now Revelyst), leading multiple brands in the cycling and outdoor space, including Bell Helmets and CamelBak. She also held various product and marketing leadership roles at Mizuno USA and Newell Brands. She resides in Park City, UT, and in her spare time, she loves to ski, mountain bike, do yoga, and is attempting to make premium, small batch wine out of Napa, CA under her fledgling brand Flight Path Wines.