Hilliary Turnipseed (she/her)

Founder and CEO

With over 15 years of experience, Hilliary Turnipseed has supported in-house recruitment and people operations efforts for notable organizations like Discovery Communications, Black Girls CODE, POLITICO, and Blackboard. Currently serving as the Sr. Director of Talent for a Bay Area venture capital firm, Hilliary provides tactical HR advisory support to early stage technology startups and social impact organizations. She aims to seamlessly integrate DEIB strategies into her work, with an emphasis on advocating for underrepresented/underestimated candidates and creating two-way interviewing experiences. 

In addition to her advisory work, Hilliary serves in a volunteer capacity as the Sponsorship Lead for Black Code Collective, a community-based organization for Black software developers to grow their skills, share knowledge and help each other progress throughout their careers. Hilliary is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area with her rescue pup, Bo. 

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