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Vetted Board Members in the NYC Metro
Pre-screened and vetted in the NYC Metro.
Alexandra Esparza
Executive Investment Banking & Capital Markets Leader specializing in TMT and Digital Health
“Private-capital-focused investment banker (former sports/health-tech banker) building a two-sided wellness coaching marketplace plus SaaS platform to help coaches run their businesses and consumers discover/vet/book non-regulated wellness modalities. Has an MVP, landing page, and waitlist, and is running a data-driven traction plan (ads, surveys, alpha testing, Discord/Reddit) before pursuing fundraising channels.”
Executive startup operator and attorney specializing in strategy, legal, and FinTech
Executive consumer brand advisor and investor specializing in CPG growth strategy
Executive finance leader specializing in FinTech, M&A, and digital assets
Andrew Sherman
Executive General Counsel & Board Director specializing in financial services governance and M&A
“Early-stage operator who has been with Narravance, Inc. since inception, building core internal functions (Legal, Compliance, HR) and designing COO/CFO capabilities. Hands-on experience with startup finance operations including cap table management in Carta, closing a SAFE, and creating/issuing a warrants program, alongside implementing a full policy/procedure framework and mentoring founders through high-stakes strategic tradeoffs.”
Monica SilvaGutierrez
Executive Operations & Chief of Staff leader specializing in org change, People Ops, and operational excellence
“Senior Program Manager and Chief of Staff at Google who led large-scale cross-functional transformation work, including centralizing program management across a 14,000-person global technical org. Known for building rigorous governance, executive communication cadences, and single-source-of-truth dashboards, while also optimizing executive time and managing sensitive, high-stakes information.”
Kaye Kirschner
Director-level product leader specializing in AI, data, and FinTech products
“Product leader at Mastercard who has repeatedly built and commercialized AI-driven fraud products across payments and healthcare, including a patented ML approach and a fraud suite that won 30+ enterprise customers in its first year. Stands out for combining deep ML product judgment with workflow design, explainability, and human-in-the-loop thinking to drive real operational change.”
Mid-level Corporate Associate specializing in M&A and venture financings
Executive real estate attorney specializing in complex acquisitions, financings, and development
Alex Kittredge
Executive People Strategy & Transformation Leader specializing in workforce planning and operating models
“Senior Program Manager / HR Chief of Staff (Global Industrial) specializing in cross-functional risk remediation, HR systems implementations, and M&A compliance. Delivered measurable outcomes including closing 18 payroll audit findings in 16 weeks, rolling out SAP SuccessFactors performance management to 2,000+ employees with major adoption gains, and remediating 600 I-9s in 6 weeks to avoid ~$3M in exposure; experienced operating with high confidentiality across large-scale M&A.”
Kyle Kim-Hays
Executive marketing and product leader specializing in SaaS, media, telecom, and AI
“Senior product leader with experience spanning Microsoft Windows core OS and Softomotive/Microsoft RPA products, including a major WinAutomation repositioning that reportedly grew ARR from under $500K to over $300M. Brings an unusual mix of AI product strategy, deep UX judgment, large-scale cross-functional leadership, and financially rigorous roadmap decision-making, plus a personal commitment to education through adjunct teaching.”
Anthony Donofrio
Executive Private Markets & Deal Legal Leader specializing in private equity direct investments
“Former COO of Hamilton Lane’s direct investment unit (appointed in 2007) who helped professionalize operations in an early-stage environment—implementing DealCloud, revamping investment committee materials, and creating valuation governance. Known for pairing process/technology upgrades with culture repair through high-touch communication and transparent leadership.”
Andrew Chang
Executive operator and startup investor specializing in FinTech, crypto, and regulated blockchain
“Former COO of Paxos who joined near inception and helped scale the company to a $2.4B valuation, owning operations across nearly all functions and implementing core operating systems like OKRs and decision frameworks. Now advises and coaches early-stage founders through Lynx Collective (NYC startup community he founded), teaches a Startup Executive Bootcamp, serves as an NYU Stern adjunct professor, and sits on a public company board.”
Krishna Shriram
Director-level banking and capital markets advisor specializing in regulatory risk and finance transformation
“Senior finance and risk transformation leader with 25+ years across top-tier global banks including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Citi. Stands out for leading high-stakes regulatory, governance, and model risk programs—ranging from consent order remediation to Basel RWA analysis and firmwide model inventory buildouts—with measurable impact such as managing $200B in retail exposure mapping and earning a CFO excellence award.”
Tina Bai
Executive operator-founder specializing in GTM, revenue strategy, and AI-native commercial operations
“Operator with Deloitte consulting experience supporting PE/VC-backed portfolio companies and current experience inside a VC-funded Series C scale-up. Building a bootstrapped D2C women’s telehealth brand (Petty Pills) with two initial SKUs, deployed tech stack, and white-labeled clinical/compliance infrastructure, leveraging AI tooling to keep operations lean while focusing on full-time operator roles.”
Executive CTO and product leader specializing in enterprise AI/ML and digital transformation
Senior investment and strategy professional specializing in venture capital and real estate
Senior HR Leader specializing in employee engagement, talent acquisition, and DEI
Phil Lerner
Executive technology leader specializing in cybersecurity, healthcare IT, and AI
“Seasoned global CTO and executive leader with 20+ years of experience, including a $389M non-founder exit to a Fortune 10 acquirer. Now building a pre-seed AI-driven diagnostic imaging platform for pets with web and mobile products, beta customers, and a patent-pending solution aimed at saving pet lives.”
Executive operator and founder specializing in investor relations and alternative investments
Executive commercial leader specializing in SaaS, AI, media, and e-commerce growth
Director-level investment banker specializing in retail and consumer transactions
Aaquil Rowe
Director-level Revenue Operations & GTM Strategy leader specializing in sales systems and enablement
“RevOps/strategy operator at Cognitiv reporting directly to the President, owning 30+ measurable outcomes across 8 corporate objectives. Known for building executive operating rhythms (Slack-driven weekly business pulse reporting) and driving cross-functional alignment across Sales, CS, Marketing, Product, and Finance. Delivered measurable growth impact (20% lift in auto growth progress in 8 weeks) by using red-teaming insights to reallocate marketing investment.”
Jen Thorson
Executive operations leader specializing in IoT, enterprise transformation, and insurance
“Former founder/COO of Modjoul who spent 9.5 years building and scaling the company, including multiple pre-seed and seed raises and growth to 12M with Amazon. Brings a rare mix of operator grit, startup finance discipline, accelerator mentorship through CDL Wisconsin, and hands-on GTM/product launch experience with an 'all costs' founder mentality.”