Kim Hehir

Kim serves as the Co-Founder and President of Brutus Broth INC., a canine nutrition company with a mission to nourish your pet while giving back to the community.Sold in over 10,000 stores nationwide, Brutus Broth was listed in Inc. Magazine’s top 25 fastest growing CPG companies in the nation last year. Brutus Broth also is the winner of the Pet Innovation award as well as a Pet Sustainability Coalition Top Performing member.

Before launching Brutus Broth, Kim was Vice President of Strategic Planning at The Leading Hotels of the World, a luxury hotel company with approximately 500 hotels in 90 countries, Kim oversaw the Company’s overall strategic direction as well as the Company’s ancillary businesses. She was also responsible for sourcing and evaluating new business opportunities and subsequently launching those businesses, which added strategic value to the company. During her 7-year tenure at Leading, she was instrumental in delivering over a 400% increase in shareholder value.

Prior to joining The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd., Kim was a senior investment analyst at Shaffer & Company, which owned and asset managed over USD1 billion of luxury hotel properties. Prior to that, she was the global director of marketing and corporate communications for Sonnenblick-Goldman Company, an international real estate investment banking firm averaging USD10 billion in annual transactions. Before joining Sonnenblick-Goldman, Ms. Hehir was the director of strategic marketing for HVS International, the world’s largest private hospitality consulting practice.

A graduate of Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, Kim currently serves as a Board member for the Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women and Children, is a Tory Burch Fellow and is a member of the President’s Counsel for Cornell Women
(Athletic Mentoring Committee Chair 2017-2020), the Cornell Hotel Society (NYC President from 2004-2006), the Cornell Alumni Ambassador Network, the Young President’s Organization’s Spousal Forum and PEO. She is a published author and has received several awards including the Woman of Distinction award by the Girls Scouts of America, One of the Most Powerful Women in Travel by Travel Agent Magazine and was also inducted into the Canterbury School Hall of Fame for soccer.