Clara Ma

Clara Ma founded and leads Ask a Chief of Staff, which connects executives with chief of staff candidates and provides a professional community and resources for people in the role. She previously served as chief of staff at Hugging Face and led the On Deck Chief of Staff Fellowship.

Career

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Based in: New York City
Elsewhere

Ask a Chief of Staff

Oct 2022 — Present

Founder and CEO

On Deck

Program Partner & Advisor
Jul 2022 — Sep 2022
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Program Director, On Deck Chief of Staff Fellowship
Apr 2021 — Jun 2022
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Hugging Face

Feb 2020 — Apr 2021

Chief Of Staff

BollyX - The Bollywood Workout

Apr 2015 — 2018

Creative Solutions, Director

FILD Search, LLC

Jul 2013 — Apr 2015

Manager, People Operations

San Francisco Opera

Nov 2012 — 2013

Special Events Intern

Synopsys Inc

Jun 2012 — Aug 2012

Web Intern

Tory Burch Foundation Entrepreneur

University of California - Berkeley

Bachelor's studies

Mission San Jose High School

Products & media

askachiefofstaff.com

Chief of Staff conversations

Clara’s interviews on the Chief of Staff role, building communities, and working with executives.

Media appearance

askachiefofstaff.substack.com

My Chief of Staff Journey

Ma recounts her path from chief of staff at Hugging Face to founding Ask a Chief of Staff, and explains the community and resources she built for others in the role.

Writing