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Christine Perfetti

Christine Perfetti

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CEO, Lift Up Connections [Ex-GoFundMe, TuneIn, Acquia, Carbonite]

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Christine Perfetti helps you build a career around the life you want

After 25 years as a Product and UX leader and earning her M.S. in Social Psychology from Brown University, Christine realized professional success doesn’t guarantee fulfillment.

Christine built Lift Up Connections for women who are navigating the messy middle of reinvention, identity shifts, leadership evolution, and life transitions and want something deeper than networking.

Transformation accelerates in community. And mid-career isn’t a decline. It’s a design moment.

  • Master's Degree, Social Psychology, Brown University

  • Guest Lecturer, Harvard Business School and HBS Startup Bootcamp

  • Founder of Lift Up Connections

  • Former VP and Head of User Experience: Center Centre/User Interface Engineering, Carbonite, Acquia

Previously at
GoFundMe
Penn Medicine
Acquia
Harvard Business School
TuneIn

Alumni reviews

Women Reimagining Summit: Building Portfolio Careers and Expansive Lives

Never have I been in such a space where women showed such vulnerability AND strength at the same time. I was so inspired not only by the speakers but with the women in my break out group. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one in the messy middle.
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Gretchen

June 2026
Product Design Leader · Unemployed

Women Reimagining Summit: Building Portfolio Careers and Expansive Lives

Loved the chance to hear from powerful women speakers and process with other women leaders going through periods of transition. Such gratitude for a wonderful time of sharing and connecting and processing together!
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Mary Carol

June 2026
Behavioral Scientist / Insights Researcher / Strategist · Job searching / Crafting a career pivot

Women Reimagining Summit: Building Portfolio Careers and Expansive Lives

Twenty-five years into a design career, I've seen industry cycles come and go. This moment feels different. AI is reshaping the landscape, organizations are restructuring, and many women deep into their careers are reconsidering what meaningful work looks like now. Christine Perfetti created a gathering that met that moment honestly. The speakers didn't offer formulas, which would feel inauthentic and over promising. They offered real, candid stories about the messy middle of career transitions, the real cost of relentless striving, and what it means to design a life with intention. Left with sharper questions and a broader sense of who else is navigating this terrain. Recommended for any woman in leadership sensing that what worked before may not be what's next.
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Stacy

Cohort 1
Design & Research Director · Consultant

Women Reimagining Summit: Building Portfolio Careers and Expansive Lives

This was a great day with a group of real powerhouse women. Each talk was equally inspiring, and - most important to me when spending money on a course, etc - real takeaways that I can apply and use to keep me inspired going forward!

Jen

Cohort 1
Global UX Senior Manager · PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers)

Women Reimagining Summit: Building Portfolio Careers and Expansive Lives

What a powerful session! Wonderful women leaders talking with openly about their challenges and sharing their wisdom about how to navigate your own. Excellent curation and coordinating honest small group discussions. I met some fabulous women...and rediscovered the one inside of me.
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Susan

Cohort 1
Founder & Principal · Perspecta Consulting