Speakers
Jody Thelander
Workshops
J.Thelander Consulting is headed by Jody K. Thelander, a compensation executive with more than twenty years of professional experience. Jody has a keen understanding of business through a diversified background in compensation, sales and customer service. The Thelander Surveys and Reports have become a well-respected and highly desired tool for compensation decision-makers in the private business sector.
Jody speaks publicly on executive compensation, investment firm and corporate venture compensation topics, including events hosted by PitchBook, NVCA, LaunchBio and Stanford. She is frequently published as a compensation expert in Axios, Forbes, Fortune and the Wall Street Journal.
Jody earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Consumer Studies at the University of Vermont and a Masters Degree in Human Resources at Marymount University. Her career began in the fashion retailing industry with British Vogue, Ralph Lauren Womenswear, Bonwit Teller and Garfinkels in London, New York and Washington, DC. Jody also spent ten years in human resources with TRW Space and Defense both in Washington DC, and San Francisco, before starting her own firm.
Morgan specializes in client relations and business development for J.Thelander Consulting clients and survey participants. She has in-depth experience with private companies through her work at PitchBook in Seattle and Healthbox in Chicago. While at PitchBook, Morgan gained expertise in private company deal and financing tracking, as well as contributing to editorial for their daily newsletter and blog posts. She also has keen insights as to how start-ups bring their products to market through her work with the accelerator program at Healthbox. Morgan volunteers at the Jewish Federation in St. Louis as the co-chair of the Young Professional Division. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Morgan has been working alongside Jody for nearly eight years to provide the most reliable, comprehensive, trustworthy compensation data and white glove service to the private capital market.