Who's steering

Leadership & advisory board

The people accountable for the mission — building the programs, holding the standards, and opening doors for members.

Leadership team

Running the platform day to day

Portrait of Marcus Ellison
Founder & Executive Director

Marcus Ellison

Flavor in Product

Atlanta, GA

Marcus spent fifteen years shipping fintech and marketplace products before turning his attention to the pipeline problem. He founded Flavor in Product after realizing the rooms he fought to enter were still nearly empty behind him. He leads strategy, partnerships, and the member experience.

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Portrait of Diego Salazar
Head of Programs

Diego Salazar

Flavor in Product

Austin, TX

Diego designs the curriculum, cohort model, and summit programming. A former group product manager in developer tools, he is relentless about turning career advice into repeatable practice — portfolio reviews, promotion narratives, and interview reps that actually land offers.

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Portrait of Jordan Baptiste
Community Lead

Jordan Baptiste

Flavor in Product

Brooklyn, NY

Jordan keeps the community warm and the culture intact. He moderates channels, runs weekly office hours, and connects members to sponsors who can open doors. By day he is a senior PM working on consumer subscription products.

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Advisory board

Counsel, accountability, and access

Portrait of Dr. Alvin Crawford
Advisory Board Chair

Dr. Alvin Crawford

Former VP Product, Fortune 100 retail

Chicago, IL

Alvin has built and led product organizations of more than two hundred people. He advises on governance, executive sponsorship, and how the platform measures real career outcomes rather than engagement vanity metrics.

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Portrait of Nia Okonkwo
Advisor, Talent & Equity

Nia Okonkwo

Chief People Officer, growth-stage SaaS

Oakland, CA

Nia brings two decades of talent leadership to the board. She advises on hiring-partner standards, pay transparency in our job board, and making sure allyship programming stays substantive instead of symbolic.

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Portrait of Rohan Mehta
Advisor, Product Craft

Rohan Mehta

Director of Product, AI infrastructure

Seattle, WA

Rohan advises on course quality and technical depth, and he is an active ally in the community — reviewing member portfolios, hosting deep dives on AI product strategy, and making referrals into his network.

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