Our Executive Team

We design our work and our culture so that insight, initiative, and responsibility are shared.

Our responsibility is to serve the work, the people who do it, and the impact it creates.

  • Alexa Courtney

    Founder + CEO

    Alexa helps leaders build organizations that adapt, perform, and endure. For more than two decades, she has challenged the status quo, rebuilt cultures that unleash talent, and designed bold, human-centered systems. She integrates strategy, innovation, and responsible AI to strengthen performance in high-stakes environments.

    She has lived and worked in conflict-affected regions across South Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe, advising senior leaders in government, finance, humanitarian, and national security institutions navigating complex, real-world risk.

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  • Wendy Reid

    Chief of Operations + Growth

    Wendy builds the operational and commercial foundations that let mission-driven firms grow with discipline. Over 25 years, she has run large-scale P&L centers, stood up business intelligence and project-control functions from scratch, and translated ambitious strategy into repeatable execution. She pairs deep contracts and compliance fluency with the instincts of an operator who has carried a number.

    An attorney by training, she has led enterprise operations, risk, and growth across technical services and consulting organizations serving the U.S. government and beyond. She partners closely with founders and CEOs to close the gap between ambition and execution, and to make sure growth is responsible, replicable, and durable.

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  • Anthony Nyström

    Chief Technology Officer

    Anthony builds the technical foundation that lets mission-driven organizations adopt new technology without losing their footing. Over more than 25 years he has worked as a hands-on developer, founder, Data Scientist and CTO, establishing AI and data science functions from scratch and scaling engineering teams through rapid growth. He pairs machine learning depth with a conviction that evaluation, governance, and human judgment belong in the design of a system rather than being bolted on after it ships.

    His work spans wildfire and climate science, genomics and healthcare, federal scientific data, digital media, and enterprise software, including NSF-funded wildfire research, electronic medical records specifications still in use today, and several first-to-market innovations in mobile streaming and proximity computing. He partners with clients and colleagues to turn ambitious technical ideas into systems that hold up in production, and mentors engineers toward advancement that does not require leaving the craft.

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  • Steve Sheamer

    Senior Director
    Advisory Services

    Steve is a trusted advisor and transformation leader who helps organizations translate vision into disciplined execution. An engineer and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, he brings operational rigor and systems thinking to complex challenges.

    He partners with senior leaders to align strategy, operations, and culture, designing practical solutions that strengthen performance, improve accountability, and deliver measurable results in high-stakes environments.

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  • Amelia Conrad

    Senior Director
    Impact

    Amelia is a trusted advisor in impact strategy, service design, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL), helping mission-driven organizations turn evidence into clear decisions and meaningful action.

    She partners with foundations, nonprofits, and corporate social impact teams to design strategies, services, and measurement systems that drive measurable results. Her work bridges rigor and creativity--aligning data, storytelling, and human-centered design to accelerate transformational change.

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  • Dr. Kimberly Whiter

    Director
    Learning + Leadership Development

    Known for pairing learning science with an entrepreneurial mindset, Kimberly helps organizations turn complex challenges into practical, scalable solutions that strengthen workforce capability and accelerate adaptation. With more than 20 years of experience in learning strategy and curriculum design, she brings strategic clarity and executional rigor to every engagement.

    She has led high-impact initiatives across higher education, healthcare, business, federal agencies, nonprofits, and philanthropy—aligning vision, people, and systems to drive lasting results.

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Everyone is a Leader at Frontier

  • Ajile Owens

    Lead Advisor
    Impact

  • Amy Gatto

    Principal Advisor
    Impact Measurement

  • Cate Tesmer

    Lead Advisor
    People Operations

  • Christina Bevins

    Manager
    Business Operations

  • Craig Simmons

    Principal Advisor
    Learning + Leadership Development

  • Elaina Conrad

    Lead Advisor
    Impact

  • Jeremy Lowery

    Lead Advisor
    Learning + Leadership Development

  • Julia Lang

    Principal Advisor
    Learning + Leadership Development + Responsible AI

  • Juliet Santiago

    Lead Advisor

    Responsible AI

  • Kaytlin Ernske

    Senior Advisor
    Impact

  • Dr. Krista Vaught

    Principal Advisor
    Learning + Leadership Development

  • Laura Kemp

    Senior Advisor
    Impact

  • Lauren Woods

    Principal Advisor
    Learning + Leadership Development

  • Liam Walsh

    Lead Advisor
    AI + Impact

  • Michael Bailey

    Principal Designer
    Visual Communication + UX

  • Rahal Wijewardene

    Lead Advisor
    Responsible AI, Impact, Learning & Leadership Development

  • Richa Cohen

    Lead Advisor
    Impact

  • Robert Shannon

    Principal Advisor
    Impact

  • Robin Vande Werken

    Principal Advisor
    Responsible AI

  • Savhanna Long

    Senior Advisor
    Learning + Leadership Development

  • Shari Ramchal

    Lead Advisor
    Learning + Leadership Development

  • Stephanie Blashford

    Principal Advisor
    Impact

  • Tira Myers

    Principal Advisor
    Business Operations