Lizandra Vega | Source | Managing Dir./Exec Search Consultant (Sustainability/ESG, DEI&B, Renewables) ...

Lizandra Vega is Managing Director & Executive Search Consultant for Gaia Human Capital Consultants. In this capacity, she provides retained executive search and leadership & advisory services to a broad range of clients within: private equity, venture capital, and their portfolio companies. Lizandra’s mission and vision are focused on identifying more qualified women (particularly women of color) for board positions and executive leadership roles, as well as partnering with companies where ESG, sustainability, social justice, and corporate governance are integral to the fabric of each specified corporate culture. Creating balanced boards and executive teams, by engaging diverse members that reflect upon an organization’s strategic direction, leadership, and perspective, is the essence of Lizandra’s consistent collaborative success.

Lizandra’s approach to executive search derives from 20+ years of combined experience in high-volume recruitment of emerging talent, in-house global talent acquisition, entrepreneurship & leadership as co-founder of a NYC search & staffing start-up, as well as retained search for specialty boutiques and global talent advisory firms. As a retained search consultant of top executives and C-suites, Lizandra is inspired to identify, assess, and attract leaders that contribute cognitive diversity, to ensure Gaia’s clients’ business objectives and goals are achieved with the highest integrity.

Lizandra is the author of The Image of Success: Make a Great Impression and Land the Job You Want (AMACOM Books, May 2010). Through marketing & publicity for her book, she gained notoriety as “The Career Confidante,” while blogging, presenting, and appearing as guest expert on TV, radio, and other media platforms that reached Spanish and English-speaking audiences.

Lizandra has always served as the voice of under-represented individuals and groups. She has invariably executed searches with a zoom lens on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging as a result of her personal experiences as a Latina, raised in The Bronx, who triumphed above language and cultural barriers.

Lizandra is a graduate of Wesleyan University, with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater and English Literature. She has earned certifications in DEI&B for HR from Cornell University and Entrepreneurship from Wharton Executive Education. Additionally, she has served on boards that appeal to her creative interests: The Association of Image Consultants International and as Co-President of The Westchester Ballet Company.

Lizandra currently resides in New Canaan, Connecticut with her husband and two children.

PRACTICE AREAS:

Functional:

* CHRO / Human Resource Management

* CMO (Chief Marketing Officer)

* CRO (Chief Revenue Officer)

* CIO / CTO

Industries:

* Corporate ESG / Sustainability

* Private Equity & Venture Capital

* Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

* Consumer

* Circular Economy