Previous Affiliates

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  1. Carly Robinson

    Writer and former Slack software engineer

    1. Slack

      Software Engineer

      2015 – 2023

  2. Merci Grace

    Startup advisor and coach; former Head of Growth at Slack

    1. Merci Grace Co.

      Coach and product/growth advisor

      2024-10 – Present

    2. Panobi

      Co-founder and CEO

      2021-10 – 2024-05

    3. Women in Product

      Founder (part-time community)

      2015-09 – 2024-05

  3. Fareed Mosavat

    Investing Partner at a16z speedrun

    1. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

      Venture Partner, a16z Speedrun

      Present

    2. Reforge

      Chief Development Officer

      2019 – 2024

    3. Slack

      Director of Product, Growth

      2016 – 2019

  4. Joe Chillinsky

    Chief of Staff & operations leader | Atlassian, Instacart, Slack, Box

    1. Atlassian

      Chief of Staff, Design

      2022 – 2026

    2. Instacart

      Manager, GTM Strategic Programs

      2020 – 2022

    3. Slack

      Senior Program Manager, Corporate PMO

      2017 – 2020

  5. Julie Davisson Liegl

    Marketing advisor; former Slack CMO

    1. SecurityScorecard

      Advisor

      Present

    2. Slack

      Chief Marketing Officer

      2019-05 – 2021-09

  6. Alla Pavlova

    Tech and art talent sourcing at Riot Games

    1. Riot Games

      Tech & Art Talent Sourcer

      Present

    2. Slack

      Community Lead, Amsterdam (Volunteer)

      2020-01 – 2023-12

  7. Vikas Bhagat

    Head of Product Marketing at Lovable

    1. Lovable

      Head of Product Marketing

      2026-01 – Present

    2. First Round Capital

      Mentor

      2022 – Present

    3. Webflow

      Senior Director, Product & Solutions Marketing

      2025-04 – 2025-12

  8. Maggie Hott

    Head of Americas Healthcare GTM at OpenAI

    1. OpenAI

      Head of Americas Healthcare GTM

      2025-12 – Present

    2. Webflow

      Senior Director of Sales

      2021-04 – 2023-04

    3. Slack

      Regional Vice President, Enterprise

      2021-02 – 2021-04

  9. $!D

    Co-founder at Oleve building consumer AI products

    1. Oleve

      Co-Founder

      2025-01 – Present

    2. FLX AI

      Machine Learning Research Engineer

      2022-08 – 2023-05

    3. Microsoft

      Software Engineer

      2022-06 – 2022-08

  10. Ali Rayl

    Former Slack SVP of Product and customer experience leader

    1. Slack

      Senior Vice President, Product

      2022-10 – 2024-02

    2. POTI

      Director of QA

      2011-03 – 2011-12

    3. IP Commerce

      QA Manager

      2006-05 – 2008-03

  11. Noah Desai Weiss

    Former Chief Product Officer at Slack

    1. Slack

      Chief Product Officer

      2024-05

    2. Foursquare

      Senior Vice President of Product

      2016-01

    3. Google

      Product Manager, Structured Search

      2011-01

  12. Chamath Palihapitiya

    Founder of Social Capital; Cofounder and CEO of 8090

    1. Social Capital

      Founder and Chief Executive Officer

      2011 – Present

    2. 8090

      Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer

      Present

    3. All-In

      Cohost

      Present

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