Alessandra Lezama

Board Member at The San Diego Foundation

Alessandra Lezama is the founder and CEO of TOOTRiS, an on-demand childcare technology platform that is revolutionizing how parents find, enroll and pay for quality child care in real time. With over 20 years as a technology executive and serial entrepreneur, Alessandra has an impressive track record for taking underperforming tech companies and turning them into global, high-performance powerhouses.

Alessandra’s hands-on leadership across industries has earned her many accolades, such as the “2021 Dream Big - Minority Small Business of the Year Award” by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; “the 2021 Moving San Diego Forward Award” by the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce; “2021 Outstanding Business Leader Award” by CSU San Marcos College of Business; “2020 Connect Women of Influence,” “2020 Business Woman of the Year,” “2018 Most Admired CEO of the Year” and “2016 Woman Who Means Business” by the San Diego Business Journal and many more.