# Holly Rose Faith

> Holly Rose Faith is the Executive Talent Partner at Greylock Partners, one of Silicon Valley's most storied venture capital firms. Specializing in C-suite, VP-level, and board placements for Greylock's portfolio companies, she has placed top executives at Roblox, Nextdoor, Databricks, Abnormal AI, Gem, PayJoy, Snorkel, Casper, and Transfix. With roughly eight years in VC talent roles spanning Khosla Ventures, NEA, and now Greylock, Faith brings a founder-first philosophy that goes beyond transactional recruiting — coaching founders on hiring strategy, building interview frameworks, and staying involved through references, compensation, and the close.

- **Role:** Executive Talent Partner at Greylock Partners
- **Organizations:** Greylock Partners, NEA, Khosla Ventures, Bain & Company
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree, Sociology, UC Santa Cruz
- **Known for:** Recruited Chief Revenue Officer for Abnormal AI, contributing to reaching $100M ARR within four years, Placed executives at Roblox, Nextdoor, Databricks, Gem, PayJoy, Snorkel, Casper, and Transfix, Featured on Greylock's Greymatter podcast with two episodes on executive recruiting methodology

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Joined Bain & Company in recruitment
- **Mid career** — Moved to Khosla Ventures as a talent professional in venture capital
- **Mid career** — Joined NEA as Executive Talent partner, working with entrepreneurs across consumer, enterprise, and healthcare sectors
- **2019** — Joined Greylock Partners as Executive Talent Partner
- **2019** — Published 'Why I Joined Greylock' on LinkedIn, outlining her philosophy on team, values, and focus
- **2020** — Featured on Greylock's Greymatter podcast: 'The Executive Recruiting Playbook'
- **2020** — Featured on Greylock's Greymatter podcast: 'Executive Reference Checklist'
- **2021+** — Placed executives at Roblox, Nextdoor, Gem, PayJoy, Snorkel, and Abnormal AI
- **2023** — CRO she placed at Abnormal AI helped company reach $100M ARR within four years

## Achievements

- Recruited Chief Revenue Officer for Abnormal AI, contributing to reaching $100M ARR within four years
- Placed executives at Roblox, Nextdoor, Databricks, Gem, PayJoy, Snorkel, Casper, and Transfix
- Featured on Greylock's Greymatter podcast with two episodes on executive recruiting methodology
- Published framework for executive reference checking widely used by Greylock portfolio founders
- Built deep VC talent network across three major VC firms over ~8 years
- Helped shape Greylock's approach to intentional diversity in executive hiring

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Active as Executive Talent Partner at Greylock, continuing to recruit C-suite and board-level executives for portfolio companies
- **2023-10** — Greylock closed a $1B fundraise, expanding the portfolio and creating additional executive placement opportunities

## Links

- Website: https://greylock.com/team/holly-rose-faith/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyrosefaith
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/HollyRoseFaith

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Last updated: 2026-05-09