Erica Knowlton Bennett

Erica Knowlton Bennett currently serves as Chief of Staff at First Round Capital, a position held since April 2023. Prior to this role, Erica accumulated extensive experience at Confluent, where positions included Director of Internal Communications and various managerial roles in communications from July 2016 to March 2022. Earlier career highlights include serving as Account Supervisor at Access Emanate Communications, where notable clients included BlackBerry and DocuSign, and as Account Manager at Bhava Communications, managing accounts for companies such as Avere Systems and MuleSoft. Erica holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, Spanish, and Psychology from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo and has studied at the CEA Global Campus in Barcelona, Spain.