Cissy Young
Partner at Catalyst Advisors
Young serves as a Partner at Catalyst Advisors, a leadership advisory and executive recruitment firm. Young specializes in board and executive recruitment for biotech/pharma companies and is a trusted advisor to Boards and CEOs on topics ranging from recruitment; assessment; diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI); executive development; and leadership transition and succession.
Prior to joining Catalyst Advisors, Young was the Chief People Officer at Valo Health, where she led the talent strategy for assembling tech and pharma/biotech talent to build an AI-powered computational platform for drug discovery and development. Young received her Ph.D. in cancer biology from Columbia University, an MBA in entrepreneurship and strategic management from The Pennsylvania State University and a BA in biology from Brown University.