Our Founder

Chelsea M. schuster

Chelsea spent nearly a decade managing communications, stakeholder engagement, and fundraising initiatives at leading civic organizations and startups — including Generation Citizen, Citizens Union, Common Cause New York, and Nextdoor — before founding Audacious Impact in 2019. Since then, she has loved partnering with a wide range of inspiring missions and organizations to strengthen their storytelling, deepen community engagement, and drive meaningful impact.

Her career has always been driven by a desire to create a world in which all people recognize their power, their voice, and their fundamental role in building a more equitable and just society. Chelsea has a deep passion for bringing people together around a cause and a knack for navigating complex systems to uncover new approaches and solutions.

She received an M.S. in Nonprofit Management from The New School for Public Engagement and a B.A. in Political Science and English from the University of North Florida.

Now based in West Palm Beach, Florida, Chelsea is also a proud mom of two and continues to explore the world — and advance the causes she believes in — with her family by her side.