Oct 2025 – Present · 5 mos · San Diego, California, United States

• Participate in Talent Collective’s global community of female TA leaders, contributing peer mentoring and attending mastermind sessions.
• Engage in local chapter events and virtual forums on TA innovation, DEI in talent acquisition, and AI-enabled sourcing at scale.
• Leverage insights from this network to elevate my fractional practice and build high-impact recruitment solutions for clients

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos · San Diego, CA · Remote

• Building a company is messy, especially in the early days. I help first time founders turn momentum into something real by guiding the people decisions, early hires, systems, and culture that shape long term success. My work blends strategic advisory with hands-on execution so you aren’t building alone or guessing your way through the hard parts. Together, we create the structure, clarity, and foundation your company needs to scale in a healthy, sustainable way.
• Core Services:
• Founder Advisory and Company Building: Strategic guidance to help you make the right people and operational decisions so early traction becomes a real, sustainable company.
• Early Hiring and Talent Strategy:I help you decide who to hire first and why, define roles tied to ROI, and build a simple hiring engine that brings in the right people.
• Culture, Values, and Team Foundations: I help you establish the early values, culture behaviors, and communication rhythms that become the backbone of healthy scale.
• Systems and Operational Buildout: I build the workflows, processes, and operating structure you need to run cleanly and reduce chaos as you grow.
• Practical AI for Founders: Stage appropriate AI guidance to help you save time, reduce manual work, and strengthen your hiring and operations.
• Founder Coaching and Support: Direct, grounded support to help you stay focused, avoid costly mistakes, and move forward with clarity as you build your company.

Aug 2024 – Nov 2024 · 3 mos

• A career break to beat cancer 💪.

Mar 2023 – Jan 2024 · 10 mos · San Diego, California, United States

Aug 2022 – Jul 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Promoted to lead the integration of Classy (acquired in 2021) into GoFundMe, aligning both organizations' recruiting functions into a single, high-performing global team. Drove strategy, operational efficiency, and long-term scale in a competitive SaaS environment.
• Developed and executed a unified, data-driven recruiting and workforce planning strategy, improving efficiency by 30% and reducing departmental budget by 35%.
• Partnered closely with executive leadership on org design, headcount planning, and succession strategies.
• Leveraged Greenhouse and Eqtble to implement predictive analytics dashboards, enabling visibility into hiring trends, talent cost, attrition, and performance pipeline.
• Embedded DEIB into all aspects of hiring and talent management, including 15+ executive hires, interview process design, and employer branding.
• Created and led internal people strategy communications, presenting hiring narratives at All Hands and QBRs.
• Elevated the candidate experience to white-glove standards, positioning GoFundMe as an employer of choice.

Jan 2021 – Aug 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Promoted to scale headcount planning and operationalize workforce strategies across a 500+ employee scope, resulting in consistent hiring precision and sustainable growth.
• Delivered 90% hiring accuracy against forecasted start dates, hiring 200+ employees annually with attrition under 12%.
• Built and led a team of 8 recruiters across technical and non-technical functions.
• Designed leadership development and internal mobility programs, including succession pathways.
• Drove Diversity & Inclusion initiatives, training hiring teams on bias reduction and leveraging tools like GEM and Greenhouse.
• Achieved 50% employee diversity by 2022, sustaining a diverse talent pipeline across roles.
• Partnered with marketing to elevate employer branding, driving a 30% increase in top-of-funnel qualified candidates.

Nov 2015 – Jan 2021 · 5 yrs 2 mos

• Joined as a hands-on leader of a lean 2-person recruiting team; scaled hiring infrastructure from the ground up while personally managing priority roles across all business units.
• Managed full-cycle hiring across G&A, GTM, marketing, customer support, and technical functions; 100-150 hires annually.
• Built the first internship program focused on HBCUs and coding bootcamps, resulting in a 30% increase in diverse early-career talent.
• Selected and implemented Greenhouse ATS; built a recruiting resource center tied to company values and competencies.
• Developed and operationalized recruiting funnel KPIs and dashboards to track performance and pipeline health.
• Partnered with early People Ops team on workforce planning and org development initiatives.

Aug 2014 – Nov 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos · Carlsbad, CA

• Hired as a hands-on manager to lead and rebuild a team of 3 recruiters and 1 recruiting coordinator to support the US corporate location and entertainment brand. I managed all high-priority and higher-level job requisitions with a capacity of over 250+ hires annually.
• Built KPI’s, and recruiting metrics, and ensured we exceeded our seasonal hiring goals for the first time in over 3 years.
• Reported quarterly headcount hiring results to the VP of Human Resources to share with the executive team globally.
• Improved the onsite interview through onboarding experience by capturing data and survey results on how we can improve the experience & execution.
• Oversaw headcount & staffing plan to ensure the entire 2500-employee organization was properly staffed and supported throughout “peak” seasons.

Jul 2013 – Jul 2014 · 1 yr · King of Prussia, PA

Jun 2012 – Mar 2013 · 9 mos · West Chester, PA

Jul 2011 – Jun 2012 · 11 mos · Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

Jul 2010 – Jul 2011 · 1 yr

Nov 2009 – Jul 2010 · 8 mos