Our Team

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Amy is the Founder of Represented, a boutique executive search firm that specializes in Deep Tech and Climate Tech. Prior to creating her own firm, Amy launched the Leadership Recruiting team at Alphabet where she worked closely with Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Ruth Porat and Astro Teller to build out leadership teams for the Moonshots and Bets. Amy and her team recruited 60 leaders for 12 different companies over a 3.5 year stretch.

Vernetti’s tenure in Silicon Valley has been marked by a diverse set of experiences. She spent the early 90s at the two largest search firms in the world in the San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices. While at Heidrick and Struggles from 1995-1999, Vernetti was on the five-person launch team for Heidrick online, an innovative search management portal that was the first of its kind in the industry.

In the late 90s Vernetti joined Guy Kawasaki’s company Garage.com as employee number 20 and pioneered a portfolio approach to Human Capital. During the Garage.com years, Vernetti was a headliner at the company’s Bootcamp for Startups. Over the course of two years, Vernetti delivered her “War for Talent” speech to thousands of entrepreneurs all over the world. “War for Talent” was the basis for the Human Capital section of Guy Kawasaki’s 2005 book The Art of the Start.

Vernetti is a Bay Area native who graduated from St. Mary’s College of California, where she attended on an NCAA Division I basketball scholarship.  In 2017 Vernetti was named Alumnae of Year at St. Mary’s.

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Before turning 30, Nate Mills explored 27 countries and 30 U.S. states, won a Grammy Award, a National Hispanic Recognition Program Award, and two National Rugby Championships. He’s lived and worked in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York, contributing to startups and major companies like Apple.

Nate’s passion for music began early, performing with the Grammy-winning Pacific Boy Choir and singing at iconic venues like Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. He later attended Bishop O’Dowd High School, where he founded the rugby club, and went on to compete with St. Mary’s College’s nationally ranked rugby team.

After college, he backpacked through Europe, busking in 17 countries and 23 cities. His favorite? Budapest, Hungary. Back in the U.S., he joined Apple’s Special Projects Team, then helped grow music-tech startup Dubset Media through its acquisition by Pexeso.

Today, Nate channels his diverse experiences into his work at Represented, where he helps connect top-tier talent with transformative opportunities. Outside of work, you’ll find him exploring New York’s food scene, staying active, and catching live shows across the city.