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Rachel Williams

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Senior Advisor, HR & Culture at Norwest Venture Partners · BBFI Venture Scout at Zeal Capital Partners · Advisor at Burst Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

HR leader and Chief Diversity Officer at Motley Fool, X, the Moonshot Factory, and StubHub, and former Head of Recruiting at Yelp and Clearslide. UC Berkeley graduate.

Experience

  1. University of California, BerkeleyAcademic Lecturercurrent2024 — presentBerkeley, California, United States
  2. Zeal Capital PartnersBBFI Venture Scoutcurrent2025 — presentSF Bay Area
  3. Harvard Business ReviewHarvard Business Review Advisory Councilcurrent2024 — present
  4. Norwest Venture PartnersSenior Advisor, HR & Culturecurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  5. Burst CapitalAdvisorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  6. The Motley FoolChief Diversity and Inclusion Officer2021 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Pay TheorySenior Human Resources Advisor2021 — 2024Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
  8. Zeal Capital PartnersOperating Partner2020 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  9. GoogleHead of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - Google X2020 — 2021
  10. GoogleHead of Talent Acquisition - Google X2019 — 2020SF Bay Area
  11. StubHubGlobal Head of Diversity & Inclusion2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  12. StubHubHead of Global Diversity and Inclusion2017 — 2019
  13. YelpHead of Corporate Recruiting, Diversity & Inclusion2014 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  14. ClearSlide, Inc.Talent Acquisition Manager2013 — 2014San Francisco, CA
  15. SolarCitySr. Sales Recruiter2012 — 2013San Mateo, CA
  16. The Pacific FirmPractice Director2011 — 2012Berkeley, CA
  17. Yelp.comRecruiting Manager2010 — 2011San Francisco, CA
  18. Peet's Coffee & TeaCorporate Recruiter2008 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area
  19. Pacific FirmPractice Leader2005 — 2008San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Employee Resource Groups (ERG)Management ReviewHR PoliciesAudit ManagementYelpOrganizational TalentCEOsRecruitment Process Re-engineeringComputer SimulationsCurriculumStrategic Recruitment PlanningNew Hire Orientations
+12 moreDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion TrainingOrganizational StrategyReconciling ReportsDiversity MarketingDiversity and InclusionHigh Performance CulturesHR BudgetingInternal ResourcingProgram OversightInclusive LeadershipRelationship BuildingLeadership Accountability

Languages French

  • Leader As Coach — eBay
  • Workplace Harrassment — Emtrain

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Colleagues at Norwest Venture Partners

Abhijit Chiripal
Head - Corporate Development and M&A, Norwest India at Norwest Venture Partners
Abishek Balakrishnan
Investor at Norwest Venture Partners
Aditi Mundra
Norwest India at Norwest Venture Partners
Aidan Greenstein
Investor at Norwest Venture Partners
Allison Toman
Principal at Norwest Venture Partners
Amalia Mackenzie
Investor at Norwest Venture Partners
Amanda Widjaja
Vice President & Head of Data at Norwest Venture Partners
Amie Borgstrom
Senior Advisor, MedTech at Norwest Venture Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Rachel Williams?
HR leader and Chief Diversity Officer at Motley Fool, X, the Moonshot Factory, and StubHub, and former Head of Recruiting at Yelp and Clearslide. UC Berkeley graduate.
Where does Rachel Williams work?
Rachel Williams is Senior Advisor, HR & Culture at Norwest Venture Partners.
Where did Rachel Williams go to school?
Rachel Williams studied at Wharton Executive Education (Chief Human Resources Officer Program); University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Psychology); Crystal Springs Uplands School.

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