Personal Info

First Name

kelsey

Last Name

Gernert Aina

Nickname

Kelsey-Gernert-Aina

Job Title

Head of Partnerships

Bio

Kelsey got her start working in the nonprofit world with organizations such as Teach For America and City Year where she launched a new startup program each year and built out a self-sustaining infrastructure. Kelsey began working in the travel industry where she helped create scalable sales, marketing and project management systems which enabled the organization she worked for to expand their brand multinationally.

From there she launched her own startup opening 2 brick and mortar plant based juice bar cafes in the Boston area.
She is passionate about helping startups grow and scale and now provides coaching and guidance to founders and provides scholarships to qualifying startups through her work with the HubSpot For Startups Partner Program where she works with venture capital, accelerators and incubators.

Hobbies

Hiking, Paddleboarding, Cooking, And as a new homeowner all of the following: plumbing, woodworking, electrical, and anything else that breaks and needs fixing.