Riccarda Zezza

Riccarda Zezza is the founder and CSO of Lifeed, the human capital platform that has engaged more than 100 organizations in turning employees' life transitions into professional assets. Her background is in management, and her research sits at the intersection of identity, behavioral neuroscience, and organizational culture. Milan-based social entrepreneur, she studies transilience — the capacity to transfer skills and resources across life roles — a concept she introduced with Maternity is a Master's Degree (2014) and developed through Business Heart (2023), Care (2025), and The Power of Transilience (2026).

In 2018 named as Fortune’s Most Influential and Innovative Woman in Italy, Riccarda is an Ashoka fellow and her work has been praised in reports such as “The Skilling Challenge” and “ChangemakHERS”. She is also the mother of two amazing human beings and, against every stereotype on Italian women, a very bad cook.