Our Team
DÔEN was founded in 2016 by sisters Margaret and Katherine Kleveland in Los Angeles, California, in collaboration with an amazing collective of founding partners — Hilary Walsh, Katharine Hall, Phoebe Dean, Hilary Tisch, Allie Furlotti, and Courtney Santry.
Each of our founding partners brings a unique area of expertise – from law and finance to art direction and photography – to the table. Creating opportunities of ownership – for a true collective, a collaborative enterprise – was critical to our foundation, and remains integral to our mission of supporting women throughout all aspects of our organization.
Since day one, our team has been at the core of DÔEN’s mission, and the inspiration and energy behind everything we do. We hope that the DÔEN company structure is a living argument for sharing ideas, responsibilities, and credit — and imbues a sense of the importance of collaborative work within organizations at large.
We’ve steadily grown since our early days, and are always looking to add more inspiring people to our team! Visit the Careers page to see our current openings. Our main offices are located in Los Angeles, California, and we’re excited to grow our team nationally. We’d love to meet you, wherever you are.
Our Founders
MARGARET KLEVELAND
CEO AND CO-FOUNDER
I grew up in Southern California and it has served as a main source of inspiration all my life. I began my career in Operations and have held roles in Ops, Production, and Business Management leading up to founding DÔEN with this incredible group of partners. I thrive working with people and being in the details - I am forever curious and ask too many questions. My strengths lie in discipline, patience, and calculated risk. I am an unconventional person and leader, seeking personal growth wherever I can find it, and forever working to improve my relationship with joy. I am a queer-identifying single mom of two with incredible co-parent support. My ambition is for DÔEN to lead the next generation of American heritage brands, and working alongside this inspiring Collective, including my sister, is a constant source of motivation and pride.
KATHERINE KLEVELAND
CCO AND CO-FOUNDER
Growing up in the Santa Barbara foothills, my inspiration has always been steeped in nature, family, and nostalgia for a time before my own. Since I could hold a pencil, I sketched clothes – this pastime becoming a career is a dream come true. I am grateful that our company is one where family comes first: founding the company with my best friend who happens to be my sister, building the business with a strong group of like-minded women who I consider soul sisters, seeing my three children grow up in and out of our office and at photoshoots, and sharing joys along the way with my husband has been incredibly fulfilling.
