Vetted Board Members in the NYC Metro

Alexandra Esparza

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Investment Banking & Capital Markets Leader specializing in TMT and Digital Health

Brooklyn, NY15y exp

“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.”

“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

Screened

Executive Operations & Chief of Staff leader specializing in org change, People Ops, and operational excellence

New York, NY18y exp

“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.”

Alex Kittredge

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive People Strategy & Transformation Leader specializing in workforce planning and operating models

Brooklyn, NY8y exp

“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.”

“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

Screened

Executive operator and startup investor specializing in FinTech, crypto, and regulated blockchain

New York, NY22y exp

“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.”

Tina Bai

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Executive operator-founder specializing in GTM, revenue strategy, and AI-native commercial operations

New York, NY10y exp

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”