Johnny Lalonde

Coaching

Johnny LaLonde is a coach, counselor, and teacher who supports founders and leaders in navigating the personal and professional challenges of growth. Drawing on doctoral training, clinical experience, and his work with early-stage companies at Builders VC, Johnny helps individuals and teams develop the self-awareness, resilience, and relational strength required to scale.

His coaching integrates therapeutic insight with practical leadership development. While conversations may explore personal history, identity, or family dynamics, this work is always in service of vocational clarity and organizational effectiveness. Johnny provides one-on-one founder coaching, co-founder alignment sessions, team off-sites, and facilitates difficult conversations during critical inflection points.

As a dedicated resource to founders in the Builders VC portfolio, Johnny understands that building a company places simultaneous external and internal demands on leaders. He believes founders deserve meaningful personal support alongside strategic capital.

Johnny is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (California). He holds a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Central Florida, an M.A. in Counseling from Reformed Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Counseling from Oregon State University. Earlier in his career, he founded a counseling center and later directed the City Church San Francisco Counseling Center, where he supervised clinicians, led trainings, and provided clinical leadership.