# Sara Providence

> Sara Providence is Vice President and Chief of Staff to the CEO at SeatGeek, the New York-based ticketing marketplace. She arrived from McKinsey & Company in 2023, bringing an unusual triple-degree background - a BA from Harvard, a JD from Columbia Law, and an MBA from Columbia Business School - to the corner office of a company whose product is essentially the trust that a stranger's PDF will get you into a stadium.

- **Role:** Vice President, Chief of Staff to the CEO at SeatGeek
- **Organizations:** SeatGeek, McKinsey & Company (former), Bleecker Street Hospitality (former), Harvard Smart Woman Securities (alum)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** A.B., Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, JD, Columbia Law School, MBA, Columbia Business School
- **Known for:** Co-authored McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility research on Black consumer economic power, Earned three degrees across Harvard and Columbia (BA, JD, MBA), Led co-CEO role at Harvard Smart Woman Securities (2013)

## Career timeline

- **2013** — Co-CEO of Harvard Smart Woman Securities
- **2014** — Graduated Harvard College (A.B., Human Evolutionary Biology), Pforzheimer House
- **2014-2020** — Senior Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company; later summer roles at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Proskauer Rose; legal student associate at Madison Square Garden Entertainment
- **2020-2023** — Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company (Growth, Marketing & Sales practice)
- **2021** — Co-authored McKinsey report on Black consumer economics
- **2023** — Joined SeatGeek as Chief of Staff to the CEO
- **2023-present** — Vice President, Chief of Staff to the CEO at SeatGeek

## Achievements

- Co-authored McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility research on Black consumer economic power
- Earned three degrees across Harvard and Columbia (BA, JD, MBA)
- Led co-CEO role at Harvard Smart Woman Securities (2013)
- Helped lead the buyout and early marketing of Saint Theo's restaurant with Bleecker Street Hospitality

## Latest updates

- **2023-05** — Started as Chief of Staff to the CEO at SeatGeek

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-providence/

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