Alison is the Head of Talent at Golden Ventures. She supports the portfolio in building effective and scalable talent programs in today’s competitive market.

Most recently, Ali led Talent at food-tech startup Lunchbox, where she grew the team from 50 to 250 North American team members. Before this, she was the first Talent Acquisition hire at Ritual.co, and led the charge as Head of Talent while they built the systems to scale and expanded across North America, Europe, Hong Kong and Australia. Her previous experience is varied and includes recruitment in a boutique agency, management consulting, and marketing.

Ali studied Management, International Business and Marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business. In her spare time, she loves to travel the globe and is the go-to person for restaurant recommendations both here and abroad!

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Shawna Stewart is a transformative People & Operations leader with over 10 years of experience. She champions a people-first culture, developing employee-focused programs that boost productivity. Key player in the acquisition of MarTech startup PostBeyond, Shawna’s contributions to HR and operational effectiveness have earned her accolades from industry-leading organizations, such as Great Place to Work Canada, The HR Awards, The Employee Engagement Awards and more.

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Building a career that is focused on people, Andrea believes that businesses should understand their employee journey as well as they know the client journey and product roadmap. Andrea brings Human Resources experience in both public and private organizations, in industries including wholesale distribution, financial services, hospitality, biopharmaceutical R&D, and technology. Working alongside Founding and Executive team members, Andrea has extensive experience in People & Talent, specializing in the areas of talent management & recruiting strategy, people operations, total rewards, organizational design & scaling, retention & talent development, and leadership training & coaching. She is currently the Vice President, People & Organization Development at Lillio (formerly HiMama), where she leads a team of People & Talent professionals, excited about bringing high-quality tools to the early childhood space.  

In her spare time, she provides fractional HR support to small businesses, is an Expert in Residence (EiR) with the DMZ (Digital Media Zone) Innisfill office, and the Rogers Cybersecurity Catalyst program. Andrea holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Human Resources, a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Toronto Metropolitan University, and is a Certified Human Resources Leader (CHRL) through the Human Resources Professional Association of Ontario (HRPA).

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