Brad Yankiver is a Principal and Chief of Staff at Motive Partners, with experience executing on ambitious and innovative initiatives at leading financial institutions and high-growth start-ups. 

Brad began his career at Goldman Sachs, serving in a range of capacities over seven years which culminated to his leading product development for the Derivatives Clearing Services business as a Vice President with the firm. In the wake of the Dodd-Frank act, Brad worked with senior leaders to develop the firm’s interest rate and credit derivatives clearing business. Brad also led major initiatives including developing and launching several new service offerings for the business’s largest institutional clients and reengineering of the business’s margin and collateral management processes.

Brad was President of the Jersey City Sandy Recovery Group after Superstorm Sandy, and connected over 2,000 households with clean-up crews, legal help, and $750K in aid from people in 9 countries and 44 states.

Brad earned a B.S. from Carnegie Mellon University in Policy & Management.