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Darcy Howe


Darcy Howe joined Cariloop’s Board of Directors in October 2020 representing Cariloop investor and venture capital firm, KCRise Fund, of which she is Founder and Managing Director. A founding member of the Merrill Lynch Private Banking and Investment Group, and named Barron’s Top 100 women advisors in the US, she retired in 2015 after 32 years.

Darcy is a graduate of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and has served on numerous portfolio company boards and nonprofit organizations including Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation, The Kansas City Ballet, The Nelson-Atkins Museum audit committee, Startland and United Way of Greater Kansas City. She is also a member of the International Women’s Forum.