TAKE IT EASY - Key Persons


Ashley Barrar-Rechter

Job Titles:
  • Fractional Executive Assistant
Ashley received her B.S. in Business Administration, with a focus in Entrepreneurship at Babson College in Wellesley, MA. Over the past 10 years, Ashley has acquired a collection of many hats. She specializes in personal & executive assistance, event planning, social-media management, fundraising, tech support, property management, website editing, bookkeeping & invoicing, etc. You name it, she's done it. She is passionate about helping people make positive change, big or small.

Chelsea Harmon

Job Titles:
  • Fractional Executive Assistant
Fun Fact: Chelsea is a huge trekkie and one of her cats is named Spock!

Denise Reese

Job Titles:
  • C - Suite Sales Executive
  • Director, Customer Success
Denise Reese is a C-Suite Sales Executive and serves multiple organizations as a Fractional Chief Growth, Sales, and Chief Customer Officer. Prior to launching her Fractional CxO career, Denise was a Managing Director and South Market Unit Lead in the Accenture AWS Business Group (AABG.) AABG is a unique partnership that delivers transformation at scale with the best of AWS (Amazon Web Services,) and Accenture's unparalleled breadth and depth of talent, resources, and experience. Denise has spent more than 25 years in Sales, Business Development, and Strategic Alliances roles for several IT Services and Software organizations and has held positions in both The United States and Europe. Her experience spans multiple disciplines including Identity and Access Management, IT Security, IT Outsourcing, Digital Transformation, and Cloud Computing.

Elaina Kaounas

Job Titles:
  • Fractional Executive Assistant
Fun Fact: Elaina is obsessed with playing and watching tennis along with being a huge pug lover!

Janice de Leon

Job Titles:
  • Fractional Executive Assistant
Fun Fact: Janice has a Twitter account, and does not tweet, but can count President Barack Obama as one of her followers. Janice comes with an eclectic and deep background that spans over 20 years. Between Design and Marketing, Music & TV, Corporate Real Estate, SaaS Retail Tech, Janice has managed to successfully apply her aptitude for organization, communication, and desire to learn and improve across all her roles. Janice has held varied roles in television production, event and project management, high-level c-suite support and most recently, Head of People Operations. She has extensive experience managing projects and tasks, from the very large and complex to the minute and precise. Janice prides herself on understanding the fine nuances of working with people from different backgrounds and experiences, and enjoys collaborating with colleagues, forging good working relationships, and fostering a great workplace environment. Over the years, Janice has learned everything from the complexities of "tornado-proofing" a building, ensuring a mixed martial-arts ring is built to "Vegas Code," as well as how best to coordinate facilities management for a group of large NYC hospitals. Outside of the office, Janice is an avid traveller, and she enjoys food, is a voracious consumer of all genres of music, and can be seen using her outside voice at basketball games.

Lesley Reinert

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant
  • Fractional Executive Assistant
Fun Fact: Lesley loves health and fitness, and once won the plank challenge at her gym by holding a plank for 10 minutes. Lesley is an experienced Executive Assistant, who thrives in creating order out of chaos. She is energized by frequent challenges and comfortable with ambiguity, having served in multiple roles across several industries. Lesley keeps her execs on track, and has a knack for identifying blind spots, finding elegant solutions to unforeseen problems, and anticipating needs before they arise. Playing a key role in company growth has been exciting, but what drives her is the opportunity to always learn, grow, adapt, and create success.

Mellonie Truong

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder, CBO
Fun Fact: Mellonie has travelled to 15+ different countries in the last 10 years and probably even more fun - Britney Spears follows her on Twitter. He/Him Mellonie joins the team with over 10 years of experience in building and fostering strategic client relationships. She is passionate about working closely with fast-growing clients who want to achieve their long-term goals and objectives, by helping them create effective, sustainable plans. She has worked closely with many executives & CEOs in her career in a sales and partnership capacity, and understands the importance of time management and getting the job done. Driven by impact & growth, Mellonie was recently selected as one of the 10 individuals at the Gordon S. Lang's School of Business & Economics as their 10x10 Alumni with Impact for 2020. On top of her sales and partnerships experience, she trailblazed the development of a world-class sales training program in her previous company, allowing her to work with team members to not only help them succeed, but contribute to the overall success of the organization. Most of all, Mellonie is a strong believer in proactively putting systems in place to ensure organizational success. She knows with the right EA & strategic partner on your team, sustainable, rapid growth is possible. Fun Fact: Mellonie has traveled to 15+ different countries in the last 10 years, and probably even more fun - Britney Spears follows her on Twitter.

Tarra Stubbins - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Executive Assistant
  • Founder
Helping others run is in Tarra's blood. She has been a personal Executive Assistant for over 20 years and still loves every moment of it. Tarra is often quoted as saying that she has been put on this planet for one reason, and that is to help others succeed. Fun Fact: Tarra is officially a "crazy cat lady" with 6 cats!

Tatiana Velazquez Bustamante

Job Titles:
  • Fractional Executive Assistant

Taylor Selig - CMO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Marketing Officer
  • Fractional CMO / COO
Taylor is a proactive, strategic and results-driven professional with 10+ years of extensive experience working for, with and alongside the C-Suite. With his background in business development, marketing, operations and strategic planning, Taylor has helped transform how organizations are run - focusing on process efficiencies, strong foundations for programs to drive growth, and ensuring executives are set up for success to hit OKRs. Core to his competencies as a strategic business partner, Taylor has been integral in driving brand recognition for the organizations he has supported, assisting in major website-development projects, supporting social-media lead generation and building processes for program analytics and reporting. Through ensuring that projects are led with great care, intention, and completed in a timely manner, he has a keen eye on the details, and understands the importance of building trust and confidence with those you assist and serve. Fun Fact: Taylor has visited 6 continents across the globe, with just one more to go.

Tracey Benson

Job Titles:
  • Fractional Chief of Staff
Fun Fact: Tracey is an avid seamstress, and there is nothing she loves more than whipping up a quick costume.