Leela Srinivasan
Chief Executive Officer
Parity
Leela Srinivasan is CEO of Parity, a sports marketing and sponsorship platform focused on professional women athletes. In pursuit of its mission to close the gender income and opportunity gap in pro sports, Parity forges partnerships between brands and its community of 1,100+ elite women athletes from 85 sports, including over 300 Olympians and Paralympians. The company was named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in Sports for 2025.
Prior to joining Parity, Leela was a three-time CMO at online survey platform SurveyMonkey, digital payments provider Checkout.com, and recruiting software firm Lever. She also held marketing leadership roles at LinkedIn and OpenTable, worked for management consulting at Bain & Company, and began her career in sales.
Leela serves on the boards of work marketplace Upwork and nonprofit Empowered by Light, as well as on the board of advisors for the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where she earned her MBA. She was named a Sports Business Journal 2024 Game Changer, a 2024 Power Player in Women’s Sports, and a 2024 Cynopsis Top Woman In Media. She is a member of Fast Company’s Impact Council.
Prior to joining Parity, Leela was a three-time CMO at online survey platform SurveyMonkey, digital payments provider Checkout.com, and recruiting software firm Lever. She also held marketing leadership roles at LinkedIn and OpenTable, worked for management consulting at Bain & Company, and began her career in sales.
Leela serves on the boards of work marketplace Upwork and nonprofit Empowered by Light, as well as on the board of advisors for the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where she earned her MBA. She was named a Sports Business Journal 2024 Game Changer, a 2024 Power Player in Women’s Sports, and a 2024 Cynopsis Top Woman In Media. She is a member of Fast Company’s Impact Council.