NPAG Welcomes André Blackman as Senior Advisor
As an advisor, talent strategist and executive coach with 15+ years at the intersection of healthcare innovation and social impact ecosystems, his work has consistently focused on building the future through an equity lens. André is passionate about equipping leaders and organizations with the tools, relationships, and strategy needed to create meaningful, scalable outcomes.
NPAG Welcomes André Blackman as Senior Advisor
His appointment expands NPAG's capacity to serve venture philanthropy, mission-driven innovation and impact-oriented funds
September 2026 — NPAG, the executive search and organizational development firm serving mission-driven organizations across philanthropy and social impact, today announced that André Blackman has joined the firm as Senior Advisor. In this new role, Blackman will build and lead a practice focused on mission-driven innovation, connecting dynamic leadership talent and the development resources to keep that talent in seat, to founders and organizations solving problems that matter.
"André brings a rare combination of strategic insight, storytelling and ecosystem intuition to this work. At NPAG, we know the right leadership transforms what's possible for a mission. Through Onboard Health, Andre has helped digital health innovators find leaders who can build bold new models while staying accountable to the communities those models are meant to serve. His commitment to equitable, people-centered process fits naturally with our ethos, and his expertise opens new ways for us to support venture philanthropy and health innovation." said Allison Kupfer Poteet, Managing Partner at NPAG.
Blackman joins NPAG after founding and leading Onboard Health, a nationally recognized executive search and ecosystem platform connecting underrepresented talent to transformative opportunities in health innovation. He previously served as a Partner at True Search within the Healthcare & Life Sciences practice as well as assisting in the launch of the Nonprofit & Social Impact practice. His work has been featured in Business Insider, Fortune, Forbes, NPR, CIO, Reporting on Health and U.S. News & World Report, and he was named to Fortune's 40 Under 40 in Healthcare in 2020.
"I chose NPAG because it's rare to find a search firm this far into its existence – nearly 25 years - that's still exclusively impact-focused and still leads with real values," said Blackman. "Their track record of successful placements along with a deep reputation in the philanthropic, impact and social justice spaces are absolutely critical and deeply aligned with how I want to show up in this next chapter. I get to bring the ecosystem I spent years building at Onboard Health and over the course of my career, into that trusted infrastructure."
As an advisor, talent strategist and executive coach with 15+ years at the intersection of healthcare innovation and social impact ecosystems, his work has consistently focused on building the future through an equity lens. André is passionate about equipping leaders and organizations with the tools, relationships, and strategy needed to create meaningful, scalable outcomes.