Get Yourself The Job

Advocates: Why you want them and why you should be them in order to reach new heights in your career. In this second episode of the series, Brandon Maslan and Jennifer Hill speak with VP of Finance at Lyft, Michelle DeBella, about what it takes to find an advocate and/or to be an advocate. They suggest that in order to be successful, you first have to know what you want. When you are clear on what you want, you can make more thoughtful career moves and know how to advocate and be advocated for. Michelle is a dynamic and results oriented executive leading global finance and governance teams for over 25 years. Michelle is currently a VP of Finance Transformation and Governance for Lyft, helping the company and finance and other teams transform and scale in a high-growth, ever-changing industry and mature in a post-IPO world. She built Lyft’s first Internal Audit team and ERM program and is partnering closely with the CAO and other teams leading transformation in Lyft’s Finance processes and systems, includi