Caitlin Cooke
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Head of Talent
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Head of TalentPeople Culture TalentJan 2026 - Current (10 months)Fractional talent and advisory for VC-backed companies where every hire shapes culture, velocity, and long-term outcomes.
Recent engagements include:
GC AI [gc.ai]
Arena [arena.ai]
Nava [navapbc.com]
Dart Health [darthealth.ai]
Ampersand [withampersand- Talent Partner (speedrun)Andreessen HorowitzJan 2023 - Jan 2025 (2 years 1 month)Talent advisor to ~200 seed through Series B companies. Supported speedrun founders in hiring founding AI/ML, product, and GTM talent. Through my network and posts, I grew a talent engine that surfaced thousands of candidates for roles across the portfolio.
- Head of RecruitingPreludeFeb 2022 - Jul 2023 (1 year 6 months)All things recruiting and programs for Prelude, a Sequoia-backed security startup.
- Head of Talent AcquisitionIDmeApr 2020 - Nov 2021 (1 year 8 months)ID.me's first recruiting hire and leader. Joined at 100 employees right before Series C and built the entire Talent Acquisition function (team of 15) from the ground up. Oversaw the company’s largest growth phase to date, bringing in over 1,500 employees in ~15 months.
- Partner, TalentPathriseFeb 2019 - Apr 2020 (1 year 3 months)Led a team of career coaches, built curriculum, and taught hundreds of fellows to land jobs at top tech companies.
- Vice President, PeopleNavaFeb 2016 - Sep 2018 (2 years 8 months)Led People Ops for a mission-driven team rebuilding critical U.S. digital services, including the healthcare.gov rescue. Designed people practices that became foundational to Nava’s enduring values and culture.
- Head of TalentGitHubJul 2014 - Jan 2016 (1 year 7 months)GitHub's first head of talent.
Built the talent, onboarding, and programs team from 2 -> 12 to hire hundreds of global remote employees, scaling the company from ~100 to ~600 pre-MSFT acquisition. - Recruiter Superhero (yes, this was my title)GitHubNov 2013 - Jul 2014 (9 months)GitHub's first technical recruiter.
- College RecruiterGoogleMay 2012 - Oct 2013 (1 year 6 months)Ran MIT, Harvard, Brown college hiring efforts.
- University ProgramsGoogleAug 2011 - Jul 2012 (1 year)Campus events, internships, & programs for Google's Cambridge office.
- Campus RecruiterAccentureApr 2010 - Aug 2011 (1 year 5 months)
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- BA Interdisciplinary Studies, Humanities, Science & Technology, Popular CultureVirginia Tech
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