Allison Mairena

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ABOUT ALLISON MAIRENA

Allison (she/her) specializes in building and scaling People Operations practices, particularly for rapidly-growing startups and international teams. Most recently, she served as the VP of People for NewGlobe, an international education company backed by Francisco Partners, the Bill Gates Foundation, and the Zuckerberg Chan Initiative which provides innovative curriculum and transformative technical services to public schools. While leading the People & Talent function at connectRN, she scaled the organization from Series A through E. There, Allison developed and executed the HR strategy as the company grew 4x YoY. Prior to connectRN, Allison served as the Head of People at CozyKin, a tech-enabled childcare service, and talent acquisition teams at EF Education First and Cengage, hiring globally and nationally respectively. Being a very mission-driven professional, Allison has worked predominantly for companies which make a societal impact (edtech, healthtech, famtech). She believes in a human-first approach, advocating for employee wellbeing and amplifying voices from underrepresented groups. With her experience leading People in VC-backed startups & PE-backed companies, Allison is currently open to the following types of opportunities either hybrid in Boston or remote- Leading the People & Talent function at an early to growth stage startup - Specializing in senior level HRBP or HR Operations work within a larger tech company Clifton Strengths: Communication | Individualization | Woo | Positivity | Arranger