Alessandra Henderson
Co-founder & CEO
Alessandra Henderson kicked off her career in tech as the sixth employee at Artsy, where she built the content partner business from the ground up. From there, she went on to found and serve as Executive Director of the MIT NYC Startup Studio and VP of Network at Human Ventures. She holds a BA from Vanderbilt University and MBA from Sloan MIT. Her work has been covered by The NY Times, Fast Company, Techcrunch, and the Financial Times. Alessandra is passionate about community, Mexican cuisine, and all things art.
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Jannine Versi
Co-founder & COO
Jannine Versi has spent her career in healthcare, tech, and government, including roles at Google, in the Obama Administration, and White House. She was on the founding team of Cityblock Health and was an early hire at Valera Health. She's an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Business School, and was a Fulbright Scholar and a Blavatnik Fellow at HBS. In her spare time, she can be found researching new restaurants to try in the neighborhood or hanging out with her husband, twin son and daughter, and extended family.
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Anna Barbieri
MD, FACOG, NCMP | Founding Physician
Anna Barbieri, Elektra's founding physician and co-Founder of TaraMD, an integrative gynecology practice, is a board-certified gynecologist and a North American Menopause Society-certified practitioner. She serves as Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Dr. Barbieri is also trained in integrative medicine through the Center for Integrative Medicine at University of Arizona. She loves cooking, growing her own tomatoes, classical archaeology, and glam rock.
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Jacqueline Giannelli
FNP-BC, NCMP | Founding Nurse Practitioner
Jacqueline Giannelli is a board-certified family nurse practitioner specializing in women’s health with a special focus in menopause, urogynecology, and women's sexual health. Jacqueline is a North American Menopause Society-certified practitioner and Assistant Medical Director at Maze Women’s Health. She earned her nursing degrees at NYU and San Francisco State University, and BA from Georgetown University. When not at work, Jacqueline enjoys tennis, hiking, cooking for her family, and hunting for treasures in New York City.
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Laura Stratte
RN, BSN | Operations & Program Manager
Laura Stratte is a registered nurse with over a decade of experience in breast cancer care before joining Elektra in 2020. As an oncology navigator, she guided patients through treatment and developed a survivorship program focused on health and wellness during and after treatment. As a cancer survivor and advocate, she’s worked with organizations on education and outreach covering sexual health, cancer and the environment, and more. She earned a BFA from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and a BSN from Cardinal Stritch University. Currently navigating perimenopause herself, Laura loves power walks, 80s music, and her husband and two teenagers — especially when they vacuum without prompting. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Grace Veras Sealy
HHC (IIN), Holistic Perinatal Doula | Elektra Guide
Grace Veras Sealy is a perinatal and holistic health counselor, with many years of experience as a postpartum doula and lactation counselor. She’s passionate about women’s health in general and helping people understand the process of perimenopause and menopause in particular. Grace was born in the Dominican Republic and has lived in New York City since the mid-80s. She now lives with her husband and 2 daughters in Brooklyn, NY. She loves warm weather, hiking in nature, and trying out new crafts.
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Beth Braun
RN, BSN, WHNP-BC | Elektra Guide
Beth Braun has over 30 years of experience working in women’s health, including gynecology, prenatal care, and midlife services. She’s taught teen sex education in schools and worked as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, birth doula, and practitioner in an LGBTQ clinic in the 90s. Beth has resided in Wisconsin and California and currently lives in Madison, WI with her family. When not working, she enjoys the outdoors (especially recreational sports like pickleball!), her E-bike, walk and talks with friends, and anything having to do with water.
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Subomi Olaniyi-Dada
Analytics & Operations Manager
Subomi [shoe-bow-me] spent the past 4+ years of her career in the tele mental health startup space at Quartet Health and Cerebral, focused on patient operations, strategy and analytics.
As a young child living in Nigeria, Subomi asked her dad why the government couldn’t give everyone money to help alleviate poverty. While young Subomi didn’t understand her dad’s answer, it motivated her to learn how to help people prosper by pursuing a degree in Economics at Florida International University. Subomi graduated magna cum laude and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Subomi loves watching movies and listening to music from around the world. One of her favorite things to do is visit the places in her favorite books and movies.
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Nikita Roy
MPH | Clinical Operations Intern
Nikita Roy is a medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She has a passion for achieving health equity through health education via digital platforms. This interest propelled her to earn her Master’s in Public Health from the University of Connecticut and travel to Sydney, Australia on a Fulbright Scholarship where she expanded her knowledge of equitable care. In medical school, she developed a passion for women’s health and breast cancer treatment and prevention. She is an aspiring breast oncology surgeon with a special interest in women's health autonomy and justice.
She lives in Manhattan with Mango, her puppy. In her free time, she buries her nose in a book, catches a dance class, or drops in to a concert in the city!
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Caitlin Klauer
Product Design Associate
Caitlin Klauer has worked on design and branding for a number of startups ranging from skincare to sports news to sparkling water. However, her true passion lies in women’s health where she feels there is the most potential for innovation. Caitlin graduated from Stanford University in 2021 with a BS in Product Design and is a former synchronized swimmer who competed for Team USA and on Stanford’s Varsity Synchronized Swimming team. She now brings that competitive spirit to triathlons and hopes to one day compete in an Ironman.
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Emily Boschwitz
Marketing Advisor
Emily Boschwitz is a senior marketing executive and advisor. Most recently, she served as CMO at Cameo, partnering with tens of thousands of the world's top actors, athletes, and influencers to create the most authentic and personalized fan experiences in the world. Previously, Emily led the marketing team at hims & hers, pioneering the direct-to-consumer telehealth industry and bringing the business from launch to IPO (NYSE: HIMS). She has also held marketing positions at Nest, Google, Boosted, Invoice2Go (Bill.com), and Dropcam. In her free time, Emily enjoys adventures with her pack of mythical beasts, Griffin ( 👦) and Monster ( 🐶).
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Jacqueline Parisi
Content Advisor
Jacqueline Parisi kicked off her career at HelloFresh as the first US copywriter before transitioning to Journy, an early-stage startup incubated by R/GA Ventures, where she led all things content (SEO, email marketing, long-form writing, content partnerships, copywriting…you name it). She now consults for brands across the health and wellness, food and beverage, and lifestyle space. She holds a BA in English and French from Boston College and MA in French Studies from NYU. When not working, she can usually be found doing yoga, watching French Netflix, or reading for the one-too-many book clubs she’s a part of.
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