About Angela Rizzo Lapovsky

20+ Years of Turning Strategy into Action.

I've built my career at the intersection of strategy, finance, technology, and marketing. First inside Fortune 500 financial services firms, then inside growth-stage companies. Different industries, different stages, always alongside founders, leaders and CEOs figuring out what comes next.

Angela Rizzo Lapovsky, founder of ARL Elevate Consulting
The Track Record

The Experience Behind the Work.

My experience wasn't built in one company or one industry. It was built by solving different kinds of problems in different environments. At UBS and Lincoln Financial Group, I helped large, complex organizations drive strategy, operational excellence, technology transformation, and business management. At MedPro Wellness and Avidon Health, I helped shape the strategy behind a merger, then led the operational transformation that followed as the company scaled.

What connects every role isn't the industry. It's the work. I've spent my career helping leaders simplify complexity, align people around a clear direction, and build the systems that turn strategy into results. Today, that's the perspective I bring to every engagement at ARL Elevate. Whether you're scaling a growing business, transforming an established one, or navigating significant change, I help create strategies people can rally behind — and the operating discipline to make them stick.

The Credentials

The Training Behind the Instinct.

I hold a dual BA in Economics with a Business & Consulting focus and Sociology & Social Psychology from Lehigh University. From there, I earned an MBA from NYU Stern focused on Leadership & Change Management, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, and Marketing. That combination — analytical rigor paired with a real interest in how people and organizations behave — still shapes the way I work today. Theory is only half of it. Years spent actually running teams and companies taught me the rest.

Beyond client work, I intentionally dedicate time to board service. It's a chance to apply my experience to organizations I believe in, contribute an independent perspective, and stay immersed in new industries, business models, and leadership challenges. Those experiences continually expand the perspective I bring to every client engagement.

Off the Clock

The Personal Side.

Outside the office, the to-do list looks a little different: my passions include cooking, exploring the outdoors, and spending time with my family, who are the best team I've ever been a part of.

How an engagement starts

Name the destination. Define success. Then figure out how to get there.

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