Kristin Sverchek.
Kristin Sverchek.
  • Lyft President Kristin Sverchek is full of optimism for 2024. 
  • "I'm excited to just move — I have a bias to action," she told Business Insider. 
  • Sverchek's insights are part of Business Insider's year-end leadership series, "Looking Ahead 2024."

After 11 years at Lyft, Kristin Sverchek stepped into the president's role earlier this year.

She was the ride-hailing company's first general counsel, helped take Lyft public, and was named president in July.

She's gotten more comfortable using her voice over the years, despite certain leadership muscles being "hard to develop," Sverchek recently told Business Insider.

After all, working in male-dominated fields of tech and law isn't easy.