Our Team
Corina Standiford
Chief Communications Officer
Corina leads Elemental Impact’s integrated communications strategy across public relations, marketing, storytelling, creative, external affairs, and events. She drives brand visibility, shapes narrative leadership, and designs high-impact convenings that amplify Elemental’s mission and influence.
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As Chief Communications Officer at Elemental Impact, Corina architects and executes the organization’s communications strategy, defining how Elemental shows up in the world and amplifying its impact across investors, entrepreneurs, policymakers, philanthropists, and ecosystem partners. She oversees public relations, digital and social strategy, content, marketing, events, and creative storytelling—ensuring the brand is trusted and differentiated, and the mission is clearly and consistently articulated.
Corina leads and mentors a high-performing communications team responsible for stewarding the brand, telling bold and credible stories, and delivering creative campaigns that spotlights and shapes the wider conversation around climate innovation, investment insights, and transformative technologies. Under her leadership, the team develops signature initiatives and tentpole moments that strengthen Elemental’s thought leadership, market positioning, and ecosystem engagement—connecting entrepreneurs, funders, and partners to inspire collaboration and action.
As a part of the organization’s leadership team, Corina informs and advises on executive positioning, crisis management, and internal communications. She is driven by a passion for translating complex ideas into clear, compelling stories that accelerate progress.
Prior to Elemental
Prior to Elemental, Corina was Head of Sustainability Communications at Google leading external and internal communications for the company’s sustainability corporate programs and data center energy initiatives. She was a strategic communications advisor to Google’s Chief Sustainability Officer, led the announcement of Google Climate AI solutions like Contrails and Flood Forecasting, and managed the content and media strategy for Google’s annual external sustainability event, Sustainable with Google. Before then, Corina was Director of Communications at Salesforce where she led communication strategies across key areas of the business from corporate venture capital and mergers & acquisitions to sustainability and philanthropy. She was responsible for internal and external communications for Salesforce’s $28B acquisition of Slack, and high-profile impact communication strategies such as the annual Stakeholder Impact Report and Climate Action Plan initiative.
She has proven success leading internal and external strategies to drive brand engagement, strengthen internal alignment, and build trust with key audiences. Corina has deep expertise in developing executive communications, managing high-performing teams, and securing results across both corporate and startup environments.
She has two decades of communications experience at a variety of global organizations and graduated from the University of Oregon with a BA in Communications.
Outside of the office
Outside of work, you can find Corina enjoying the outdoors, perfecting her Pilates practice, coaching youth soccer for her twin girls, and trying new restaurants. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, three children, and dog where they love to explore all the city has to offer.