Melanie Naranjo

CEO

New York City, New York, United States14 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To Switch

Key Highlights

  • Over a decade of HR experience.
  • Expert in creating business-forward People strategies.
  • Engages in speaking and training for HR professionals.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS HR leader with extensive experience in compliance and employee engagement.

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Skills

Core Skills

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion And Belonging (deib)Employee Engagement

Other Skills

Executive CoachingTeam BuildingEmployee RelationsTraining and Development (HR)OutlookWordExcelPowerPointADP VirtualEdgeMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordHuman ResourcesRecruitingEnglish GrammarLeadership

About

Melanie Naranjo is the Chief People Officer at Ethena, a scalable, all-inclusive compliance platform featuring a customizable training library, HR case manager, and phishing simulator. With more than a decade of experience in HR, she’s been interviewed by FastCompany, NBC, the Wall Street Journal, and more for her unique insights and strategies. She runs a monthly virtual workshop geared towards educating HR professionals on low lift, practical strategies that work, with an emphasis on creating People strategies that prioritize the success of the Business first, and enjoys sharing her learnings with others while leading custom in-person trainings and participating in speaking engagements. Her expertise spans a broad spectrum of HR fields, including performance management, training and development, executive coaching, and more. She's a graduate of Harvard University and a self proclaimed cat lady.

Experience

Ethena

2 roles

Chief People Officer

Promoted

Oct 2024Present · 1 yr 5 mos

VP, People

Oct 2021Oct 2024 · 3 yrs

  • Ethena’s all-in-one compliance training platform helps you check all your boxes and build a better workplace. Our product gives you a catalog of courses employees will actually like, an LMS that automates their delivery, and employee relations tools to support your team through tricky situations.
  • Ethena is trusted by teams at Zendesk, Pinterest, Notion, Rothy’s, and more. We’re backed by Felicis, GSV, Homebrew, Village Global, and other top investors, and our advisory team includes People Ops and Legal experts like Frances Frei and Leonard Shen.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)Employee EngagementExecutive CoachingTeam BuildingEmployee RelationsTraining and Development (HR)

Troophr

Advisor

Jun 2024Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Lattice

CPO Council Member

Aug 2023Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • A collective of HR innovators pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with transformational people strategy. Look out for Lattice CPO Council perspectives across Lattice in articles, webinars, live events, and more.

Insider inc.

4 roles

VP, People & Culture

Promoted

Jun 2020Oct 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

Director, People & Culture

Promoted

Jun 2019Jun 2020 · 1 yr

Talent Manager

Promoted

Jun 2018May 2019 · 11 mos

Talent Associate

Jun 2015May 2018 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Ef english first

English Teacher

Aug 2013Aug 2014 · 1 yr · Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

Coach

2 roles

Intern for People Development, HR

Jun 2012Aug 2012 · 2 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

Intern for Talent Acquisition, HR

Jun 2011Sep 2011 · 3 mos

Brag

Intern

May 2011Aug 2011 · 3 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

Harvard university

Peer Advising Fellow

Aug 2010May 2013 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Cambridge, MA

Education

Harvard University

Bachelor's degree — History

Jan 2009Jan 2013

Deerfield Academy

High School

Jan 2005Jan 2009

SEEDS - Access Changes Everything

Jan 2003Jan 2005

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