We are excited to announce that Christimara "Christy" Garcia has joined Compass as our new Chief Strategy and Impact Officer. She will lead our technology, financial services, and training and technical assistance teams, who together deliver scalable tools and services that drive program effectiveness.

Christy comes with over two decades of experience driving business growth, enhancing innovation capabilities, and implementing high-impact projects. Most recently, she served as Director of Framingham State University's Entrepreneur Innovation Center, and as a lecturer at MIT's Sloan School of Management mentoring graduate students through project-based learning and lab courses.