Val Young

AI Product & Commercialization @ SonderMind

About

Operator/advisor/investor in early stage companies. Formerly: CEO/co-founder (acquired), BCG, Modern Fertility, US Senate. Bowdoin BA + Stanford MBA

Country

United States

City

Denver

Industry

Mental Health Care

Skill

Public Policy, Policy Analysis, Research, Legislation, Politics, Government, Legislative Relations, Legal Research, Political Communication, Strategic Communications, Policy, Political Campaigns, Community Outreach, Public Speaking, Strategy

Experience

AI Product & Commercialization

SonderMind

2025-10 - Present · 11 mos

Denver, Colorado, United States

Building net-new AI products and commercializing our clinical tech stack with partners across the digital health ecosystem

Vice President, Growth

SonderMind

2023-10 - 2025-9 · 2 yrs

Led growth for all d2c client acquisition & new verticals, ran all marketing functions, served as GM for Psychiatry business line, owned 50-state market expansion & oversaw provider growth & sales

Director of Business Operations & Analytics

SonderMind

2021-12 - 2023-9 · 1 yr 10 mos

Analytics Lead

SonderMind

2021-4 - 2021-11 · 8 mos

Advisor

Early and growth stage startups, funds

2021 - Present · 5 yrs

Advisor for Bobbie (Baby Nutrition), Hively (Age Tech), 53 Stations (early stage VC), Streamind (Pediatric Mental Health), and more

Strategy and Ops Consultant (Acquired by Ro)

Modern Fertility

2021-1 - 2021-4 · 4 mos

Co-Founder, CEO (Acquired)

Rec Room (acquired by The Hedgehog Company)

2018 - 2021 · 3 yrs

San Francisco / Los Angeles

Consultant

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

2015 - 2018 · 3 yrs

San Francisco, California

Director and Senior Advisor, Office of Governor Deval L. Patrick

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

2012 - 2014 · 2 yrs

Washington D.C.

Chief of Staff, U.S. Senator William "Mo" Cowan

United States Senate

2013 - 2013

Washington D.C.

Youngest Chief of Staff in the U.S. Senate; top advisor to the Senator on all policy, strategy, personnel

Advisor, U.S. Congresswoman Niki Tsongas

U.S. House of Representatives

2010 - 2012 · 2 yrs

Washington D.C.

Project Analyst

Mintz

2008 - 2010 · 2 yrs

Boston, Massachusetts

Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business

• Co-founder, Athlít Fitness Concierge: Spent a year working on failed tech startup marrying fitness concierge x personal assistant for women • LOWkey Notes Speaker

Bowdoin College

Psychology, Government

• Captain, Varsity Field Hockey • Two-time All-America Selection, 2007 NCAA Champion • Lucy L. Shulman Award for Bowdoin's Most Outstanding Female Athlete • Cum Laude, Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholar