About Us

An instigator on how to thrive in the future of work, Sally founded Forshay in 2011 to connect the Bay Area’s most innovative companies with exceptional talent. Sally is a frequent keynote speaker on the future of work, including the science of work/life blend and applying design thinking to make work better. She also loves to share her expertise on women in leadership, harnessing the value of a multi-generational workforce, and talent recruitment and engagement strategies. When she’s not full throttle at work, you’ll find her playing tennis or digging into a pint of mint chocolate chip ice cream.

As part of Forshay’s founding team and current Managing Partner, Andrea is involved in every aspect of running Forshay. Drawing on her past experience as an HR executive and recruiting leader, Andrea is equipped with the critical business acumen, deep analytical know-how, and the ability to effectively identify the right talent for clients’ needs. With talent networks in the San Francisco, New York and Boston markets, she is the first person companies call when they have an important position or project to fill. Andrea has a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell, and in her downtime, can be found rowing or boating on the outermost Cape Cod waterways.

Michelle, a founding team member with a passion for problem-solving, leads our business operations. With a dual degree in accounting and business systems from UW-Madison, she spent half her career in consulting and project management. At Forshay, she thrives on helping our talent succeed while managing client expectations. A strategic thinker and master organizer, she makes the complicated, complex, and seemingly impossible possible. And if that’s not enough of a resume, she’s working on a screenplay about a New Jersey funeral (surprise: it’s a comedy!)

Carter is an Executive Recruiter and partner to scaling clients. An adept listener and problem solver, Carter’s super power is in his ability to connect with people and build lasting relationships. Carter graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations and double minor in Business and Inequality Studies. He is also a former member of the Lightweight Rowing Team.

Paul brings a keen eye for matching candidates to a firm’s culture, along with 20+ years of human resources management experience in large Fortune 100 companies and small entrepreneurial start-up organizations. In the last ten years, Paul has been both recruiting and coaching top talent. Training is in his blood — in his down time, he trains shelter dogs at the SF SPCA to ace their adoption interviews.

Amanda is our go-to partner when it comes to candidate-sourcing and direct-hire searches. Amanda nails the culture complement — and that has translated to a proven track record when it comes to filling key roles at the executive level. Through her many years of experience, she has cultivated a vast network from sales and marketing to engineering and IT. An undercover country girl, Amanda’s bucket list includes the Kentucky Derby; her karaoke list nearly always starts with “9 to 5.”

Blanca is a change management evangelist for growth, accelerating adoption of new technology, and helping people, teams, processes, and forward-thinking companies evolve through engagement, diversity, equity and inclusion.  She combines a global perspective with a knack for creating cultures of mentorship, inclusivity and collaboration.  Often called the team “bio-sensor” and “culture compass”, she leverages her ability to tap into the vibe, mood, mindset, and morale of teams, to coach, lead, mentor, and motivate teams of individual contributors to managers to C-suite leaders.  She has passion for forward-thinking change leadership, inclusion and diversity, and is currently advising and consulting on Organizational Design, Change Management, and I&D Program Management.  An avid hiker and lover of everything outdoors, she is also currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Point Reyes National Seashore Association.

Tenea Watson Nelson, PhD is a leading practitioner of inclusion and diversity. She utilizes her unique lived and professional experiences to champion social change, particularly in STEM. As a Black woman, Genentech and Gilead scientist, and a decade-long Stanford University Diversity and Inclusion Assistant Dean, Tenea has moved forward innovative organizational DEI solutions through knowledge building, process improvement, and behavioral change. Tenea earned her PhD in Toxicology and Environmental Medicine from The University of Rochester.  She is from the East Coast and has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for almost two decades. Tenea earned her bachelor’s degree at 17, and her doctorate degree at 23 years old.

Andrea consults with small, medium, and large organizations that seek modern ideas for talent strategy, recruiting strategy, organization design, learning + development, and diversity + belonging. Andrea has held leadership positions at Lucasfilm, Airbnb and Autodesk, and holds a masters degree in Education from Harvard University.