Cissy Young

Managing Director, Life Sciences & Venture Capital, at True Search

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Cissy is a managing director in True’s Life Sciences and Venture Capital Practices and True Talent Labs. Trained as a scientist and drawing on her experience as a biotech operator, she brings a distinctive perspective to her search and advisory work. Based in Boston, Cissy partners with venture investors, boards and CEOs on executive recruitment, leadership assessment, organizational effectiveness, and succession planning for biotech and pharmaceutical companies.

Before joining True, Cissy was a partner at Catalyst Advisors LP, a boutique executive search firm. She previously served as chief people officer and member of the executive team at Valo Health, and spent a decade at Russell Reynolds Associates as a managing director.

Committed to investing in talent to future-proof the life sciences industry, Cissy serves on the Board of Trustees of Keck Graduate Institute of the Claremont Colleges and has been a member of the Board of Advisors for Life Science Cares since its inception. She was a co-chair of the 2025 annual gala for the Asian Community Fund of The Boston Foundation.

She holds a PhD in cancer biology from Columbia University, an MBA in entrepreneurship and strategic management from Penn State University, and a BA in biology from Brown University.