Sandra Ortiz

Sandra Ortiz is an executive coach and organizational development advisor who works with senior leaders navigating growth, complexity, and organizational transformation. With more than 20 years of experience advising C-suite and executive teams across sectors, including technology and mission-driven organizations, she partners with clients to make meaningful progress across four critical dimensions of leadership and organizational effectiveness:

  • Translate strategy into aligned execution across complex stakeholder environments

  • Align leadership approach with the operating model necessary for scale and impact

  • Build high-trust, high-accountability teams where constructive debate and direct conversations elevate performance rather than create unproductive friction

  • Strengthen leadership presence, enabling leaders to show up with greater confidence, clarity, and decisiveness in high-stakes and ambiguous environments

Clients value Sandra’s direct and trusted partnership style and her intuition for identifying the leadership levers that unlock progress. She helps leaders cut through complexity, identify what will most transform their leadership and team effectiveness, and prioritize the actions that create the greatest impact.

She has coached and advised senior leaders in established and scaling organizations including Uber, Twitter, Notion, Lattice, Glassdoor, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, LA Philharmonic, and Radiology Partners. Her experience spans the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Asia, giving her a nuanced understanding of global leadership dynamics and cross-cultural environments.

Sandra holds a Master’s degree in Human and Organizational Development and is an ICF-PCC certified coach through New Ventures West. She is certified in DiSC, MBTI, Enneagram, ESCI (Emotional Intelligence), 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and The 5 Behaviors of a Cohesive Team, and is fluent in Spanish.