Chrissy Cope

Chrissy Cope currently serves as the Talent Lead for Early Stage - Europe at Sequoia Capital, focusing on building a network of top emerging talent and collaborating with early-stage founders. Previously, Chrissy held various roles at Lyft, progressing from a Business Recruiter to a Technical Recruiting Manager responsible for Product & Design, and played a crucial role in team expansion. Prior experience includes a tenure at Robert Walters as a Senior Recruitment Consultant and a significant sales career at Yelp, where impressive sales achievements led to multiple promotions. Chrissy also enriched cultural perspectives through solo travel in Southeast Asia and Australia and began a professional journey in public relations and marketing with Appency. Academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from UC Santa Barbara and a study year at the University of Kent.