Lesa Mitchell

Startup ecosystems, women founders, and human connection

Building connections between people drives human flourishing, a belief Lesa carries into everything she does. At & Company she is EVP of strategy and partnerships, building a human-centered network. She frames women's entrepreneurship as an economic imperative and was a founding funder of the Code for America fellows program and the NSF I-Corp program, which moves university research to market. On the boards of Suvi Health and Goldie Health, she helps people through hospital care and overdose response.