Biography
Yolanda Goettsch
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Ms. Goettsch has served as Vita Coco’s General Counsel & Corporate Secretary since July 2021. In this role, she leads the Legal & Compliance teams at the company. Prior to her current position, Ms. Goettsch was Vice President & Deputy General Counsel at Nasdaq, Inc. and led the Nasdaq Stock Market’s Listing Qualifications department. She also served as Deputy General Counsel and held other positions in Nasdaq’s Legal Group advising on SEC reporting, financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, technology initiatives and corporate governance.
Prior to joining Nasdaq, Ms. Goettsch was Senior Counsel, Legal Policy in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of General Counsel and was in private practice at WilmerHale and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. She holds a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law and a B.A. from Yale University.
Prior to joining Nasdaq, Ms. Goettsch was Senior Counsel, Legal Policy in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of General Counsel and was in private practice at WilmerHale and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. She holds a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law and a B.A. from Yale University.