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Allie Schwartz

Allie Schwartz

Former Operations and People Manager transitioning to the New Jersey cannabis industry. Looking to learn from the bottom up.

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Former Operations and People Manager transitioning to the New Jersey cannabis industry. Looking to learn from the bottom up.

Experience

Executive Vice President, People at Tangelo (2024-02 – 2025-05)

Medically Tailored Meal Delivery company valued at 1.8B

  • Reporting to CEO as a member of the Executive leadership team
  • Redesign of benefits, compensation, and software procurement systems resulted in $200k in annual savings
  • Designing culture initiatives for 150+ employees, entirely remote.

Vice President of People, Head of Clinical Recruitment at Mantra Health (2021-10 – 2024-02)

2022 Winner UCSF Digital Health, Rising Star in Mental Health.

  • Collaborated as strategic partner to CEO and member of senior leadership
  • Developed compensation strategy for exempt & non-exempt employee bases
  • Implemented organizational change initiatives, including layoffs with <15% attrition

Vice President of People at Tempest (2020-09 – 2021-10)

NYC Digital Health 100, Series A digital recovery solution for people suffering from Alcohol Use Disorder

  • Directly managed team of 3
  • Developed compensation strategy for exempt & non-exempt employees
  • Developed Human Capital strategy and roadmap and implemented People team KPIs

Sr. Director People at Healthify (2017-05 – 2020-09)

Acquired by WellSky. Mission-driven, Series B, digital health startup connecting high-risk communities to social services

  • Advised CEO & COO on human capital strategy and change management
  • Implemented People team KPIs; consistently led team to 90%+ achievement each quarter
  • Hired and onboarded 50+ people across 15+ roles; wrote and negotiated contracts

Multiple People Operations roles included Head of People at Stack Overflow (2012-01 – 2017-03)

  • Began as Office Manager and exited as Head of People.
  • Assisted with the spin-out of Stack Overflow. Mentored by Joel Spolsky and Michael Pryor, CEO of Trello

Store Clerk at 5th Ave Vintage (2010 – 2012)

Cafe Clerk at Decaf Cafe (2005 – 2007)

Barista at Starbucks (2003 – 2005)

Education

Oberlin College

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