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Erica Waichman

Investor

Head of People & Community at Canvas Ventures

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Erica leads people and community at Canvas, cultivating the firm's talent network and advising founders on building and retaining teams; she also runs the Canvas Go-to-Market Council and oversees firm hiring. She previously led technical and GTM recruiting at Chime and worked in recruiting at Tesla, Airbnb, and Formation, and holds a BS in Hotel Administration from Cornell University.

Experience

  1. Canvas PrimeHead of People and Communitycurrent2025 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Canvas PrimeDirector of Talent and Community2023 β€” 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  3. PeopleTech PartnersAdvisorcurrent2025 β€” present
  4. Syelo VenturesFounding Membercurrent2024 β€” present
  5. First Round Fast TrackTalent and Recruiting Mentor2022 β€” 2023
  6. ChimeSenior Recruiting Manager2020 β€” 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  7. BloomBrightDirector Of Recruiting2019 β€” 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  8. Kitty HawkRecruiting Consultant via BloomBright2020Palo Alto, California, United States
  9. FaireRecruiting Consultant via BloomBright2020
  10. CartaRecruiting Consultant via BloomBright2019 β€” 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  11. Domino Data LabRecruiting Consultant via BloomBright2019San Francisco Bay Area
  12. FormationHead of Talent2016 β€” 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  13. BINCTechnical Recruiter2014 β€” 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  14. Binc@Shift Technologies, Inc.Technical Recruiter2015 β€” 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  15. Binc@AirbnbTechnical Recruiter2015San Francisco Bay Area
  16. Binc@TeslaRecruiter2014San Francisco Bay Area
  17. fitmob, acquired by ClassPassSales Consultant2014San Francisco Bay Area
  18. Morgans Hotel GroupEvent Manager at CLIFT, a Morgans Hotel Group Original2013 β€” 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  19. Gansevoort Hotel GroupSales Manager, Gansevoort Turks + Caicos2012 β€” 2013Turks and Caicos Islands
  20. Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DCFood and Beverage Manager2010 β€” 2012Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Education

  1. Cornell UniversityBachelor's degree, School of Hotel Administration

Skills & more

Hotels37Food & Beverage34Hospitality30Event Planning23Hospitality Management22Hospitality Industry19Restaurants12Social Media6Culinary Skills3Hotel Management4Event Management4Sales Management2
+12 moreResearchRevenue AnalysisGuest Service ManagementFoodCulinary EducationOperations ManagementTravel PlanningRecruitingStrategic PlanningPublic SpeakingResortsMicrosoft Office

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