Natalie Baumgartner

Natalie was initially appointed to the Board in 2015, elected in 2016, and re-elected in 2019, 2022, and 2025. She serves on the Audit and Risk Committee.

Natalie serves as partner and chief research officer at Contemporary Leadership Advisors. She is an engagement and culture thought leader and evangelist, with keen insight into the depth and breadth of the employee experience and workplace belonging. Natalie has spent her career translating engagement and culture research into technology solutions that help organizations achieve high performance, including having co-founded both RoundPegg, a SaaS-based platform to measure and manage organizational culture, and the Achievers Workforce Institute, a research collective focused on understanding and impacting the employee experience. She regularly consults on corporate culture with C-suite executives, boards of directors, and private equity investors. Natalie holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Denver, a master’s degree in clinical psychology from UCLA, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a popular speaker on culture, engagement, mergers and acquisitions, and change management, as well as a TEDx speaker on culture fit. Natalie lives in Boulder with her husband and three daughters. She enjoys hiking, traveling, and chasing her daughters down the ski slopes.