Where discipline leads,
your work lasts.
We strengthen how organizations run and help emerging voices build a public presence with purpose. One team brings clear decisions and follow-through to both.
Highlights, not limits. If it keeps your organization moving, our team takes it on. Tell us what you need
Your work has a story. You should have a team behind it.
We work closely with creators, advocates, founders and other public voices building a platform. Our experience includes neurodiversity and accessible travel, but our work is not limited to one field. We help you get clear on what you stand for and decide what comes next.
Your name, photo and story stay yours. Nothing goes public without your written OK.
Get clear on your message, audience and brand standards before the next opportunity.
Speaking inquiries, contracts, scheduling and follow-through, when that support fits.
Press materials, media outreach and campaigns around the moments that matter.
Where people thrive,
performance follows.
Yarileen Peña thinks in systems. Born in Puerto Rico and fluent in English and Spanish, she rose from an administrative role to executive leadership in five years at one of America's largest companies. It was earned - on judgment, on speed, and on undeniable results.
She sees what others miss: the gap between how work is supposed to run and how it actually runs, and the fix that closes it. At Fortune 100 scale she has led across operations, transformation and compliance, where the stakes are national and one decision reaches thousands of people.
But the record she is proudest of is not measured in systems. It is measured in people. More than 25 people she developed now work as analysts, managers and project leads. That same eye now backs public-facing voices through Representation. She sits on an executive board, supports several nonprofits, and uses her platform to amplify Afro-Latina voices in corporate America - because to her, who she builds matters as much as what she builds.
As Managing Director of YPAG, she brings that standard to growing organizations with great people, real momentum and systems that cannot keep up. Our team runs every engagement the same way: high standards, candid conversations, and equal respect for people and performance. The measure is simple. Your organization ends up stronger than we found it. She also speaks at leadership offsites and conferences, in English and Spanish.
Leadership built running large, high-stakes operations in one of America's largest companies.
Systems built to be checked, handed off and trusted by your team.
Engagements led in English and Spanish, with the same standard in both.
Fortune 100 standards,
sized for your organization.
One accountable team from the first call to the handoff. You always know what is done, what is next and who owns it.
What we handle.
Admin, vendors, projects and operating strategy - handled end to end by one accountable team. Across advisory and representation, we build the people and the systems that carry the work.
Executive Office
Your back office, handled every week, so you stay on the work only you can do.
- Calendar, inbox and scheduling
- Travel and meeting logistics
- CRM, records and client files
- Invoicing and payment follow-up
- Board packets, notes and action items
Vendor Management
One team managing the people you pay, so nothing slips and no bill surprises you.
- Vendor onboarding and setup
- Contract and renewal tracking
- Invoice and payment follow-up
- Quotes, bids and purchasing coordination
- Service issues chased to resolution
Quick Needs
No retainer, no package. One task, done fast, usually started within one business day.
- Inbox and calendar resets
- Records and data cleanup
- One SOP or process write-up
- A tracker or dashboard build
- Reports and presentations on deadline
Advisory
Senior advisory and ready-to-run tools for leaders building something that lasts.
- Operating Diagnostic and 90-day plan
- SOP libraries and operating playbooks
- Fractional Chief of Staff support
- Workshops, retreats and keynotes
- Dashboards and meeting cadence
Representation
For people building a public platform, with a team behind the message and the opportunities.
- Message and brand positioning
- Speaking inquiries and contracts
- Press materials and media outreach
- Campaign planning and follow-through
Results at Fortune 100 scale.
Proof over promises. Real numbers from large-scale operations, delivered at a Fortune 100 company.
Leadership. Self-advocacy. Operations.
Practical perspectives shared on panels and at conferences, grounded in experience leading complex operations.
in monthly savings from a redesigned scheduling model
leadership hours saved a year through process redesign and automation
positions brought into operational readiness in four months
lower administrative costs after centralizing payroll operations
operational schedules built and launched in 60 days
employees supported by a centralized service model our team designed and launched
45,000 leadership hours saved a year through process redesign and automation, backed by a team with Chief of Staff experience at the C-suite level.
120+ operational schedules built and launched in 60 days, alongside a compliant payroll and scheduling standard across locations.
Automated internal mobility platform that cut transfer time
A team with executive board service and ongoing nonprofit partnerships
Six common starting points.
Choose a starting point. We can grow the work from there.
- Two-week Operating Diagnostic
- Interviews, process and systems review
- A prioritized 90-day plan
- SOP library and operating playbook
- Org design and role clarity
- Dashboards and a meeting cadence that sticks
- Fractional Chief of Staff or Ops Executive
- Weekly executive working session
- Board and governance support
- Calendar, inbox and scheduling
- CRM, records and invoicing
- Meeting prep, notes and board packets
- Onboarding, contracts and renewals
- Invoice and payment follow-up
- Service issues chased to resolution
- Keynotes and panels
- Leadership workshops and retreats
- Process redesign sprints
Scope and pricing, agreed up front.
Defined scope, a named lead and senior oversight.
Operating Diagnostic
For leaders who need an honest read before they invest.
More details
- Leadership and stakeholder interviews
- Org, process and systems review
- Risk and gap assessment
- Prioritized 90-day plan
- Executive readout session
Operating System Build
For organizations ready to install the structure growth demands.
More details
- Everything in the Diagnostic
- Org design and role clarity (RACI)
- SOP library and operating playbook
- Leadership dashboard and meeting cadence
- Governance, records and compliance calendar
- 30-day post-launch support
Fractional Leadership
For teams that need senior leadership time every month.
More details
- Fractional Chief of Staff or Operations Executive
- Weekly executive working session
- Priorities, cadence and delivery oversight
- Org design and operating strategy
- Board and leadership-team support
Executive Office Support
For leaders who need the admin and operations handled.
More details
- Calendar, inbox and scheduling
- CRM, records and file management
- Invoicing and payment follow-up
- Meeting prep, notes and action items
- Board and client packets
Support for your public work.
Start with the help you need: career management, PR and story, or both together.
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- Career management: inquiries, contracts and scheduling
- PR & story: messaging, press materials and outreach
- Management + PR: one team across both
- Scope agreed with you before work begins
One-off projects, quoted fast.
No retainer, no package. Tell us what you need and our team sends a fixed quote, usually within one business day. Projects start at $495.
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From $1,200Four stages, each with a deliverable.
Every stage ends with something you can use and keep.
Diagnose
Discovery, interviews and a clear read of where you are.
Findings briefDesign
Scope, success measures and a plan everyone signs.
Statement of workDeliver
Weekly progress, executive reviews and decisions logged.
Status reportsHand off
Your team owns the system. We make sure it holds.
Closeout summaryWhat you can count on.
One accountable team, Fortune 100 methods, and a system your people can run after we step back.
One engagement lead and one delivery team from first call to closeout. Specialists join under our standard, not their own.
Methods proven at Fortune 100 scale.
We measure success by how well the system runs after we step back.
Keynotes and
leadership sessions.
Yarileen Peña speaks to leadership teams, conferences, company retreats and industry events, in English and Spanish. She speaks from work she has actually led at Fortune 100 scale.
What large organizations get right about standards, and how growing teams can borrow it without the bureaucracy.
Keeping priorities, people and systems aligned when the business is moving faster than the plan.
Building accountability that lasts after the leader leaves the room.
Who does the work.
Senior leadership and a delivery team that keeps work moving.
Your first point of contact. Every inquiry acknowledged, every request tracked, every follow-up on time.
Scheduling, records, invoicing and the day-to-day work that keeps your business moving.
Strategy, organizational planning and operating system design, led by our Managing Director.
Start the conversation.
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