Meg co-founded CMAND after leading comms at Plaid. Before that, she was Director of Marketing and Communications at AltX, which was acquired by Addepar. Meg previously led comms and government affairs at some of the largest and most influential financial institutions in the world, including UBS, BNP Paribas, and JP Morgan Chase. Her experience spans the US, Canada, UK, and Latin America. She rowed crew at Penn. 

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Chelsea co-founded CMAND after leading marketing at Plaid, which she joined after the Series A. She was also the first marketing hire at a security startup that was acquired by Barracuda. In prior lives, she worked at Vogue, where she wrote and edited pieces on art, food, and politics and fetched a lot of coffee. She started her career as an investment banking analyst at Wells Fargo. Chelsea graduated from Duke, where she met her husband and served as editor-in-chief of the student newspaper. 

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Ali has spent most of her career leading strategic communications for emerging technology startups and venture capital firms across AI, healthcare, enterprise, developer tools, and fintech. Her career started in the newsroom at PBS NewsHour, then Fox News Channel. She made her foray into comms at a leading public affairs firm in Washington where she ran media initiatives for Fortune 500s before heading to Silicon Valley – and never looked back. Ali holds a Bachelor’s degree in Intl Relations and Journalism from the George Washington University.

Camille brings a diversified background to CMAND with strategic communications experience in NPOs, government, tech, Web3, and fintech. She has overseen and implemented communication programs for clients such as Los Angeles County, the California Public Utilities Commission, Framework Ventures, Checkout, and The Solana Foundation. Camille holds a Master’s in Public Policy from University of Southern California and a Bachelor’s from Chapman University. She resides in Los Angeles and enjoys the beach, camping, and exploring the local food scene.

Before joining CMAND, Caty was the Director of Communications at Front, a Sequoia-backed software startup. Previously, she was a VP of media strategy at Inkhouse, where she supported fast-growing companies in SaaS, cybersecurity, consumer tech, venture capital and CSR. Before that, Caty was the first PR and marketing hire for an angel-backed healthcare startup. She began her career with Edelman in Hong Kong, working with a broad range of clients including Hewlett-Packard, Symantec and Microsoft.

Dominique is a strategic communications and human resources leader with an extensive background in technology and financial services. Before joining CMAND as Chief of Staff, she led internal communications and talent acquisition initiatives and teams at MITRE, Meta, AIG, and Goldman Sachs. Dominique graduated with a degree in English from Howard University, where she was honored to serve as student body president. She lives in the Washington, DC area and when not working can be found curating a themed-down-to-the-monogrammed-napkins dinner party for two or twenty.

Fitz brings to CMAND 15+ years of agency-side and in-house corporate communications and product marketing experience. He has managed and implemented communications programs for companies from seeed-stage to post-IPO across various technology sectors including fintech, security, data management, SaaS management, and govtech. Fitz graduated from Trinity College with a Bachelor's degree in History. When he's not at home in San Francisco, he's usually in his car on the way to Lake Tahoe or Monterey (depending on the season) to get some good outdoor activities in!

Helena has over 15 years’ experience in technology, healthcare and NGOs. Before joining CMAND, Helena was Head of Communications at Spotcap, a small business lender. She previously supported organisations such as HPE, Accenture, Vodafone, Huawei and Intel from the New York and London offices of Burson Cohn & Wolfe. Helena has a B.A. in Government from Harvard and lives with her family in The Bahamas. She loves sport, particularly tennis, and when she has time, enjoys reading a good book.

Hikari brings over a decade of expertise in graphic and web design to CMAND. Hikari has been recognized as an Adobe Design Achievement Award semi-finalist and certified Shopify Expert. She lives in Nova Scotia.

Jill spent more than a decade producing and reporting on business and policy for Yahoo Finance, CBSN, Reuters, and CNBC. She has produced dozens of live field shoots on the sidelines of the G8, World Economic Forum, UN General Assembly, and IMF Annual Meetings. She was also previously the senior producer for public programs at the US Chamber of Commerce. Jill began her career in CNN's Washington bureau supporting The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and writing for the politics desk. 

Jordan (Cathleen) Washington is an executive communications strategist based in Washington, DC. With 10+ years of experience under her belt, she specializes in developing thought leadership platforms and media relations strategies for Black and female founders and executives. To date, she's landed placements in Forbes, Marie Claire, and Harvard Business Review as well as several spots across business, tech, consumer, niche trade outlets, and the major broadcast affiliates (ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC) in Philadelphia and DC – to name a few.

Before joining CMAND, Katie was deputy national communications director for Andrew Yang’s 2020 presidential campaign. More recently, she has supported major brands including Levi’s, Google Cloud, and Coinbase, as well as start-ups like Maven Clinic and Drivewealth. Katie earned a bachelor of science in physics and political science with an honors concentration in American Catholic studies from Fordham University. Once upon a time, she was on a Netflix game show.

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Kelly brings to CMAND 20+ years of corporate communications, public relations, and newsroom leadership expertise. She drives positive reputation impact for companies across fintech, technology, banking, venture capital, and insurance industries. Most recently, she was Managing Director of Caliber Corporate Advisers with clients including UBS, DriveWealth, CoreLogic, TradeStation, Clear Street, Prove, BankTech Ventures, Mylo and Planck. Kelly previously led financial industry comms for Plaid, and is an alum of Wells Fargo, Bloomberg News, and USA Today.

Kira brings more than a decade of strategic communications experience to CMAND. With sharp expertise working alongside high-growth startups, she’s passionate about helping emerging brands craft impactful stories and bringing them to life through the media. Before joining CMAND, she partnered with B2B and B2C brands across AI, fintech, proptech, insurtech, transportation tech, entertainment tech, and more. Kira holds a Bachelor's Degree in marketing from the University of Oregon and lives in San Francisco with her family.

Prior to joining CMAND, Makenzie worked at Block, Inc. where she developed the digital editorial strategy for their corporate newsroom and played a key role in the successful rebrand of Square Inc. to Block. Before that, she spent three years with Edelman, specializing in ESG program development and purpose-driven storytelling, working with brands including Nike, HP, and The North Face. Makenzie graduated from Gonzaga University with honors, with a Bachelor's degree in Public Relations & Marketing and a minor in Gender Studies.

Riley joined CMAND after working with the likes of Google Cloud, Menlo Ventures, TurboTax, and Coinbase. She was twice responsible for spearheading Google Cloud’s annual flagship conference that included managing the company’s overall news strategy and coordination of 100+ global media onsite. While much of her career has been in enterprise tech, Riley is especially passionate about advising startup founders on their media and content strategies. Riley received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon in Journalism and lives in San Francisco.

Sandra was previously head of corporate, policy, and safety communications at Reddit and Global Head of Security and Risk Communications at Visa. Earlier, she worked on campaigns doing opposition research. She lives in San Francisco with her family. 

Sarah has spent a decade bringing brands to life on social media. She joined CMAND after leading social media for Kindred Bravely, and her experience spans both B2B and B2C. Her strategic approach ensures brands resonate powerfully across digital channels.  

Sasha joined CMAND as a communications strategist with a knack for storytelling. Her work in the operations and fraud departments of Synchrony and Ally Bank gives her an analytical POV on the intersection of business and technology. Most recently, she was a Global Media Fellow at Syracuse University’s Blackstone LaunchPad, where she mentored entrepreneurs and published features. She graduated from Syracuse with a B.S. in Economics and a B.A. with distinction in Writing and Rhetoric.

Stephanie is a Bay Area native with over 15 years of experience leading corporate brand reputation, issues and crisis campaigns for Fortune 200 companies. She most recently managed privacy, security policy and business communications at Instagram. Stephanie lives in SF with her husband and one extremely opinionated toddler.

Tsephell joins CMAND with a proven track record of driving impactful change through strategic communication. With a background in public affairs, her passion for crafting compelling narratives is sharpened by her instinct to mobilize. Campaigns of the electoral, legislative, and social media kind have made her a trusted advocate for constituents and clients alike (endorsed by Congress and Spotify, respectively). Tsephell’s penchant for creative problem-solving and experience as an AI trainer drew her to the dynamism of the start-up world. Tsephell surveyed Politics courses at both Pomona and Pitzer College, with a minor in Asian Studies.