Maia is a versatile leader — she’s served in multiple executive roles at Stripe including Head of Strategy & Operations, Head of Enterprise, Head of M&A and Investing, and Head of People. She is active in the startup community, serving as an advisor at GV (Google Ventures) and on the Board of Directors of Brightwheel. She’s also a member of the Board of Trustees at Dartmouth College. Before Stripe, Maia was the Founder and CEO of Urban Escapes, an e-commerce travel company. She was honored as Inc’s 30 under 30, and eventually sold the startup to LivingSocial, where Maia served as GM of New Business Initiatives. She later served as CMO and VP of Strategy & People at Greenhouse. Throughout these experiences, she’s been a part of the growth journey of scaling several companies from 1 → 8,000 employees. Before her career in tech, she was a derivatives trader on Wall Street , a mechanical engineer, and also had a short stint as a professional skydiver. Fun facts: - (Ex) pro skydiver; have logged over 750 skydives - Certified Wilderness EMT - Bilingual; grew up in Argentina - Weekend van lifer (and aspiring full-timer)