Kate Nowlan, Kimberly Caccavo, and Jim Breen have worked together for many years on a variety of projects. Kate and Kimberly founded GRACEDBYGRIT, a premium athletic apparel brand for women, co-authored a bestselling business book, and began a scholarship foundation to develop future female leaders. Jim Breen has been their digital media partner for almost ten years, making them better than they could be without him.

We Designed Face Your Grace To Help Women Become Entrepreneurs!

Kimberly and Kate founded and sold a clothing company focused on an inclusive community of women. When these women shared their stories and gritty moments with us, we knew we had to share them with the world. We wrote a book that became a best-seller, and many of our readers asked us for more detail on the fundamentals of starting their own business and how to overcome barriers that were stopping them from achieving success. 

The Face Your Grace program offers a step-by-step guide to building your business plan. When you complete the course, you will recognize your power, trust your intuition, and have the tools you need to launch your business.

• BS in Chemical Engineering from UC Berkeley

• MBA from UCLA 

• Designed metals used in the space shuttle’s main engine

• Conducted research on ceramic heat engines (received in-house patent)

• Ran a telephone directory business for a big telephone company

• Helped privatize a Latin American phone company

• An executive at a Fortune 20 company 

• Started a Venezuelan cable company

• Worked in Hollywood

• Helped acquire and sell E! Entertainment

• Had her own consultancy helping to launch businesses. 

• Co-founded GRACEDBYGRIT, the first community-driven, direct-to-consumer premium athletic apparel brand for women

• Co-authored the best-selling book GRACEDBYGRIT: The Entrepreneurial Women’s Guide to Starting a Business With Power, Passion, and Purpose. 

• Serves on the board of directors for the GRACEDBYGRIT Foundation which provides scholarships for female athletes entering college with the mission of creating strong women leaders.

• Served on the board of the Chelsea’s Light Foundation and Protect The Joy which combines the power of legislation and community to protect the innocence of childhood. 

• Served on the board of the SDDN National Charity League where she led philanthropy. 

• Served on various school boards

• Chaired far too many galas

• Married to the love of her life and has 2 beautiful children.

• Loves to hike, ski, and play in the ocean.

• She lives in Florida

• BA in Sociology and Psychology from University of Massachusetts Amherst
• MBA from Kimberly
• Did any job under the sun to make ends meet as a young mom including waitressing, retail, swim lessons
• Started a youth and masters swim program in Plymouth, MA
• Running, swimming, triathlon coach primarily focused on female athletes
• Ran a world class non-profit aquatics center's office, events and fundraisers 
• Co-owned a home and office organizational business, Absolutely Organized
• Co-founded GRACEDBYGRIT, the first community-driven, direct-to-consumer premium athletic apparel brand for women
• Co-authored the best-selling book GRACEDBYGRIT: The Entrepreneurial Women’s Guide to Starting a Business With Power, Passion, and Purpose. 
• Serves on the board of directors for the GRACEDBYGRIT Foundation which provides scholarships for female athletes entering college with the mission of creating strong women leaders.
• Serves on the board of directors for San Diego Sport Innovators 
• Sits on a number of Advisory Boards for female-founded small businesses 
• Currently the President of PQ Swim
• Loves to sail, ski, surf, swim, run, and recently has a passion for all things pickleball, including an equity partnership in a pickleball apparel brand, Civile Apparel
• Has been engaged for a long time to the love of her life and has two incredible daughters who inspire her daily 
• She lives in California