About

Corporate-level strategy, built for businesses that deserve it too.

Karina Ball speaking on stage, in a portrait, and presenting in a meeting

Karina Ball

Founder, Elevate KBC Ventures

I'm a marketing and business growth strategist with 20+ years of experience helping businesses across industries find new dimensions of success — from mass consumption and pharmaceuticals to education, e-commerce and fitness.

Most recently, as Chief Marketing Officer of a health sciences university, I grew revenue from $55 million to more than $100 million in three years — on a marketing budget that never exceeded 3% of revenue. I built the reporting infrastructure to measure it, and held my team to the numbers, not just the activity.

Elevate KBC exists because that same discipline — real strategy, honest diagnosis, measurable results — shouldn't be reserved for organizations with big budgets. Whether you're starting something new or trying to figure out why growth has stalled, I bring the same corporate-level thinking, now built for businesses your size.

Ready to find your next big opportunity? Let's talk.

Behind every engagement

You're never getting just one person's bandwidth.

Nella Llata
Nella Llata
Product & Growth Partner

An international product and growth leader with go-to-market experience across 50+ global markets. Nella joins select engagements to add another senior point of view.

The delivery team
Strategy, content & campaign execution

A small, dedicated team works alongside Karina on every engagement — turning strategy into the content, campaigns and follow-through that actually ship.

$55M → $100M+
Revenue grown in 3 years
< 3%
Of revenue spent to get there
14
Countries worked across
5
Industries served
On stage & on air

A voice trusted across markets — in three languages.

From growth-strategy stages to Spanish-language media, Karina speaks and works fluently across Spanish, English and Portuguese — bringing the same clarity to a boardroom, a conference hall or a live interview.

Karina Ball being interviewed on Telemundo
What people say about working with her

"She built structure, clarity and discipline into how the University attracts, engages and enrolls students. She brings order to chaos."

Chief Financial Officer
A $100M+ health sciences university

"Her leadership was instrumental in achieving our recruitment goals, relaunching the brand and reorganizing the department for greater efficiency."

Emsley Vázquez Colón
Colleague, health sciences university

"She gave me something I've come to value tremendously: trust. She is exceptionally smart, strategic, passionate and empowering."

Kayleigh Hottel
Digital Marketing Director, direct report

"A tireless worker, with an incredible passion for what she does — one that never quits. She will fight to the very end to hit her targets, and consistently delivers above expectations."

Nuno
Former manager, higher-education sector

"A highly committed and very professional business partner — involved in every aspect of market analysis, offering candid advice and real added value."

Giovanny
Senior colleague, pharmaceutical sector

"Thanks to her, our footprint expanded across all of Latin America. Her energy, vision and leadership are what make a team achieve every goal it sets."

Sheila
Chief Academic Officer, higher-education sector

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