To make everyone’s lives awesome, we’ve hired Kirsten McLoud as our Community Manager. Hailing from a marketing and events background, Kirsten began her career at Grenade, a snowboard lifestyle company led by two time Olympic medalist, Danny Kass. She organized events and snowboarding competitions around the country. These have been documented in FuelTV’s popular show, The Adventures of Danny and Dingo. After this, Kirsten began consulting for ESPN X Games, Boost Mobile, Monster Beverage Co., and others. Kirsten decided to move to San Francisco in 2008. Since then, she has put her talents to use in the non-profit sector — planning fundraisers and events for Mama Hope and Sparkseed.

A California native, Kirsten earned a degree in cultural anthropology from The University of California at Santa Barbara. After graduation, she spent over a year living out of a backpack and making friends in every corner of the world. Kirsten keeps up with all of the fun events in the city, and knows about everything from this year’s National Corn-Dog Day to the next black-and-white ball. If you see her while you’re out-and-about, be sure to ask her what fun outings and events Piryx is planning next.

Cheers,
The Piryx Crew