Alison Huffman

Alison Huffman works on product at Whatnot after leading product for Community Health at Twitch. She oversaw safety products and proactive detection for Twitch’s global audience, building on earlier product and community roles at Kongregate.

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Based in: San Francisco

Whatnot

Trust Product
Present
Chief of Staff
Nov 2025 — Oct 2026
San Francisco, California, United States

Twitch

VP of Product and Engineering - Community Health
Sep 2023 — Sep 2024
San Francisco, California, United States
Director of Product, Community Health
Jan 2020 — Jul 2022
San Francisco, California, United States

Kongregate

Senior Product Manager
Mar 2015 — Oct 2015
Product Manager
Aug 2011 — Mar 2015
Developer Relations Manager
Jan 2011 — Aug 2011
Community Manager
Aug 2008 — Jan 2011

The Ohio State University

Bachelor's studies in psychology

Products & media

safety.twitch.tv

Building safety into a live community platform

Alison and Angela Hession explain how their teams combined product protections, proactive detection, specialist review, and outside expertise to improve safety on Twitch. Their original account connects technical tooling with the operational work required to support a live community.

blackgirlnerds.com

Understanding Trust, Safety, and Community Health at Twitch

A report on a TwitchCon discussion about platform safety, including Huffman’s perspective on the role of people alongside technology in protecting users.

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Alison Huffman

Whatnot

Trust Product

Chief of Staff

Twitch

VP of Product and Engineering - Community Health

Director of Product, Community Health

Kongregate

Senior Product Manager

Product Manager

Developer Relations Manager

Community Manager

The Ohio State University

Products & media

Building safety into a live community platform

Understanding Trust, Safety, and Community Health at Twitch

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