Alida Scecchitano

Manager, Catalyze Investments

Portfolio

Alida Scecchitano

As a member of the Catalyze team, Alida supports two of the current Catalyze cohorts: Mental Health Equity and the Equitable Education Recovery Initiative (EERI). She is involved in investment selection and the design and execution of capacity-building programming for the cohorts, including in-person convenings.

Alida joined New Profit in 2021 as an Associate on the Operations team. In her Operations role, Alida worked on many organizational-wide projects, including running two staff Learning Weeks and managing an office move. She also worked closely with the People Operations and Finance teams to execute onboarding processes and employee engagement initiatives.

Alida graduated with a BA in Psychology from Boston College, where she served as a research assistant and lab supervisor, and completed a senior thesis in the field of sport psychology. She developed a passion for work in the nonprofit sector, with a focus on education, through her experiences as an AmeriCorps VISTA fellow and a tutor at St. Stephen’s Youth Programs in Boston.