Lindsay Greene

Chief Strategy Officer at New York City Economic Development Corporation

Lindsay Greene currently serves as the Chief Strategy Officer at New York City Economic Development Corporation. In her role, she guides corporate strategy, business development, inclusive job growth, and innovation strategy to create lasting prosperity for New Yorkers. Prior to joining NYCEDC, she served as a Senior Advisor to the Deputy Mayor for Housing & Economic Development in the Mayor’s office. Prior to her role in the Mayor’s Office, Lindsay served as Director of Sales and Sales Operations at The Chia Company, a small all-natural consumer food brand. Before joining The Chia Company, Lindsay was the Category Merchant for FreshDirect, and in her early career, she spent six years at Goldman Sachs in real estate private equity and investment banking.

Lindsay holds a BA in economics from Harvard and an MBA from Yale School of Management. She serves on the Advisory Boards of several fresh food consumer product brands and has worked as a mentor and speaker/panelist with various food startup accelerators and boot camps. Since college, she has been a one-on-one mentor to assist young women of color in navigating their high school and early college years.