Sandy Lacey

Sandy Lacey serves as the Executive Director of the Howe Innovation Center at Perkins School for the Blind, focusing on creating accessible solutions through collaboration with the entrepreneurial and disability communities. Concurrently, Lacey is the Director of Innovation at ANGELS.vc, a women-led angel investing community, and an investor at TBD Angels, leading significant fundraising deals. Lacey has also been a lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management and has held leadership positions at John Hancock, where responsibilities included managing a team for corporate innovation in financial services. Additional experience includes roles at Tufts University, Drafted, Inc., Blade LLC, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, and CB Insights, with a strong emphasis on fostering innovation and supporting startups. Lacey holds a BA from Georgetown University and a Master’s Degree in International Business from The Fletcher School at Tufts University.