Dr. Anita Sands

Anita Sands is a U.S. based board-director, investor, advisor, and speaker. A former Fulbright Scholar, she holds a Master’s in Public Policy and Management and a Ph.D. in Atomic and Molecular Physics.

Anita spent a decade in C-suite positions in financial services in Canada and the U.S. including as Group Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of UBS Wealth Management Americas before pivoting into the tech sector over eleven years ago.

Her current portfolio includes serving on the board of several public and private companies including ServiceNow, Nubank, Jumpcloud and Cyderes and on the advisory board of the Consello Group. She is also the creator of the WisdomCards, a collection of over 8,000 bite size nuggets of wisdom she has curated over the course of her life and career which she now shares on social media.

Previously she was the James Wei Visiting Professor in Entrepreneurship at Princeton University, where she taught a class on female entrepreneurship, and a Venture Partner at New Enterprise Associates.

Hailing originally from Ireland, Anita now resides in New Jersey. She and her husband John are proud parents of seven-year-old Rosie, and five wonderful Millennials.