Founder of The Mathpath.
VP of Equitable Operations at Culture Amp.
Mathpath = Math Nerd + Empath
Aubrey Blanche-Sarellano is a math nerd and empath who helps organizations build equitable processes, products, experiences, and operations. Her work combines an empathic and intersectional approach with social scientific methods to create meaningful, sustainable change with a focus on environmental, social, and governance and people operations. From fair talent processes and bias-resistant product design to equitable algorithmic design and communications strategy, she helps organizations think holistically about evolving to meet the needs of a rapidly-diversifying and globalizing world.
COLLABORATIONS
Board Member: Circle of Blue
Advisor: Seed & Spark, OnRamp, Pivot Diversity, Vector Center
Investor: Operator Collective, Rare Breed, Stark, Candor
+ Extended Bio
Aubrey Blanche-Sarellano is The Mathpath (Math Nerd + Empath), VP of Equitable Operations at Culture Amp, and a startup investor & advisor, and board member. Through all her work, she seeks to question, reimagine, and redesign the systems and practices that surround us to ensure that all people can access equitable opportunities and build a better world. Her work is undergirded by her training in social scientific methods and grounded in the fundamental dignity and value of every person. Her professional expertise covers a broad range of equitable organizational operations, from talent & culture to accessible product development, responsible AI, and communications & media. Her work to build equity into the core of business includes current focuses in environmental, social, and governance issues; people operations; and AI governance, and DEI product development and deployment.
She is an advisor and investor to a variety of companies seeking to build a more just world, including OnRamp, Seed&Spark, Stark, and Pivot Diversity. Her work has been featured in Wired, the Wall Street Journal, the Australian Financial Review, USA Today, Re/Code, First Round Review, and more. She also has previous academic affiliations with Stanford and Northwestern, and has lectured at universities including UC Berekeley, MIT, and Columbia. Despite the accolades listed here, she asks that you engage with her work to judge her competence: traditional proxies of merit and/or competence help reinforce the systems that keep incredible people from the opportunities they deserve.
Services
Public Speaking
Aubrey is an internationally recognized speaker on operating equitable organizations and creating equity-building products. Her work has been featured on stages all over the world, and is a regular addition to professional convenings, corporate offsites, and events focused on the future of technology, culture, and philanthropy.
Leadership Development
Aubrey works with individuals to more deeply understand their identities, positionalities, and role in building a more equitable world. Through customer-designed learning experiences, she helps leaders delve more deeply into themselves and build actionable, accountable plans to turn their good intentions into tangible impact.
Consulting Services
Aubrey is available for consulting opportunities to help organizations define what the next steps in their equity journey are. Whether evolving culture to be more equitable, developing technology products to create inclusion, or seeking to bring an equity lens to ESG initiatives, she believes there are practical and possible interventions to help. Her expertise covers global issues of bias and fairness, with a special interest in the US, Australia, and EMEA.
