SPOTLIGHT: CHELSEA ORCUTT

Chief of Staff, Bastion

Chelsea Orcutt is the Chief Student Affairs Officer for New York Women in Communications and Chief of Staff at Bastion, the financial institution for stablecoin services. Previously, Chelsea was Director, Strategy & Operations at Thirty Madison, a digital health company.

Prior to joining Thirty Madison, Chelsea worked on the B2B Operations team at Betterment and held marketing and product roles at Thunderclap and DE-DE, the technology incubator at Droga5.

Chelsea is a two-time NYWICI scholarship recipient. She is a Buffalo, NY native and a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

NYWICI WANTS TO KNOW:

If you could have one superpower, which would you choose?

Time travel

Tell me about the first job you’ve ever held.

Teaching learn-to-skate classes at my local ice rink

What energizes and drains you when you’re at work?

Energizing: Being part of teams that are united around a common mission and clearly understand the “why” behind the work. Draining: When there’s a lack of clarity or clear vision guiding a project. In these situations, I ask probing questions to understand the root cause of the confusion so we can all move forward together

What’s your process for turning a bad day into a good one?

A quick walk or workout

Why NYWICI?

The people! I’m so grateful for the friends and mentors I’ve found through NYWICI