coco brown

Coco Brown

Founder & CEO
Pronouns: She / her

I lead change and transformation, accelerating multimillion-dollar growth through vision, strategy, technology, and people leadership. I have held leadership roles including CEO, COO, President, board member, and advisor, partnering with F1000 companies, start-ups, and nonprofits, delivering successful outcomes for Apple, Cisco, eBay, Facebook, Silicon Valley Bank and many others. Currently, I am the founder, CEO, and board member of The Athena Alliance a game-changing executive firm helping to position top 10% of executive women for advancement and board opportunities while also transforming the board room towards a modern composition model. Since founding Athena in the Spring of 2016, I have led the organization to a network of over 1000 C-Level women, VCs, and CEOs from over 150 companies including Accenture, Cisco, Microsoft, Intuit, Autodesk, and Alphabet / Google. Within two years, we have overseen 20 board placements and have secured $2 million in income through corporate and investor service offerings.

MIGHT BE

Gardening, baking, or throwing pottery

KNOWN FOR:

An unconventional view of the world and a bold leadership style

DESCRIPTORS:

Leader, Traveler, Mentor, Ally

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coco brown

Coco Brown

Founder & CEO

Liz Tinkham

Board Director

Rhonda Mims

Board Director

Carol Coughlin

Advisory Board

Andrea Bonime-Blanc

Advisory Board

Purvee Kondal

Advisory Board

Tahjar Roamartinez

Advisory Board

Tama Smith

Advisory Board

Lloyd Taylor

Advisory Board

Annie Dabrowski

VP of Member Success

Kate Batten

Chief Product Officer

Alex Duffner

Head of User Experience & Design

Anelia De Klerk

Social Media Coordinator

Oscar Malgiaritta

Developer

Dominika Palinko

SalesForce Administrator

Arturo Garcia

Member Operations Manager

Marcela Bustillos

Head of Operations

Gabriela Aneas

Member Success Manager

Tamas Zolcsak

Lead Designer

Analuisa Martinez

Member Success Manager

Wenceslao Negrete

Senior Software Engineer and Team Lead

Samantha Lorenzo

Director of Board Recruitment & Portfolio Talent Services

Stacy Crooks

Network Broker

Marek Suchanek

A/V Editor

Andreina Gomez

Director of Membership

Luis Guillermo Rafael López

Software Developer

Justin Reeves

VP of Sales

Michael Chong

Sales Development Representative

Amanda Mahoney

Manager of Sales Development

Cristina Scharffenorth

Member Success Manager

Erin Essenmacher

Chief Experience & Strategy Officer, Chair Advisory Board

Rachel Kirkwood

Director of Corporate Partnerships

Cailyn Johnson

Digital Marketing Manager