– USA, NY – Techstars, the largest pre-seed investor in the world, today announced the appointment of Kristi Mitchem and Julie Harris to its Board of Directors.
“Kristi and Julie are exceptional additions to our Board, and their tenure in asset management makes them the ideal sounding board for our leadership team as we continue to pursue our mission to become the world’s best pre-seed investor. I’m confident that Kristi’s design-led, data-oriented approach to setting strategy, fundraising and driving business growth coupled with Julie’s technical background and experience leading operations within financial services will be tremendous assets for us as we move toward the next stage of our journey disrupting the venture capital asset class,” said CEO, Maëlle Gavet.
About Shirley Romig
Shirley Romig is a deeply experienced consumer, technology, and operations executive with over two decades of experience at all stages of the company lifecycle. Most recently, she was the co-founder and CEO of pre-seed startup Mixo, a video social commerce platform for digital food content. Before that, Romig served as VP of Global Operations East & Canada, at Lyft, where she was also a member of the Lyft Senior Leadership Team. She also served as Group VP at Equinox Fitness, where she led ~6,000 field and corporate team members.
Earlier in her career, Shirley Romig worked in corporate strategy within the retail industry and held senior leadership roles at Hudson’s Bay Company and Saks, Inc., where she led the retailer’s omnichannel transformation across Saks.com, as well as the launch of Saksoff5th.com.
Shirley Romig holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. She currently serves as a public company board director at Lovesac (NASDAQ: LOVE) and Mama’s Creations (NASDAQ: MAMA).
About Kristi Mitchem
Kristi Mitchem has an extensive and varied background in asset management. Most recently, she was the CEO of BMO Global Asset Management, the eighth-largest bank in North America by assets (as of 2022).
Throughout her career, Kristi Mitchem has held various leadership roles at Wells Fargo Asset Management, State Street Global Advisors, Barclays Global Investors/BlackRock, and Goldman Sachs. She has a proven track record in fundraising – working with institutional, retail, and defined contribution investors – product development, business building, business growth, and turnarounds across the globe.
Kristi Mitchem holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Davidson College and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. She is also a Fulbright Scholar and represented the United States Fulbright Association in Costa Rica before beginning her career in financial services.
Julie Harris has more than 35 years of experience in technology, management consulting, and financial services. She currently serves as CAO and Global Head of Operations for Asset & Wealth Management at JPMorgan Chase where she oversees 5,000 team members across Operations and broader risk and controls and sits on several firm-wide committees.
During her almost six years at JPMorgan Chase, Kristi Mitchem has led the drive to change the way Operations works by innovating and creating smarter, scalable solutions to replace onerous legacy processes. Before her current role, she was a Partner at Goldman Sachs with responsibility for Liquidity and collateral Operations, Global Regulatory and tax Operations, Firmwide Reference Data Operations, and Client Onboarding.
Kristi Mitchem holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Western Michigan University and an MBA in Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and Management from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. She began her career as a management consultant at Arthur Andersen (now Accenture) and Diamond Management and Technology Consultants
About Techstars
Techstars is the most active pre-seed investor in the world having invested through its accelerators in more than 3,700 companies. Founded in 2006, Techstars believes that entrepreneurs create a better future for everyone and great ideas can come from anywhere. Now we are on a mission to invest in an unprecedented number of startups per year enabling more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities.
SOURCE: https://www.techstars.com/
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