Valerie Frederickson is the founder and CEO of HR consulting and executive search firm Frederickson Partners, the country’s leading People executive search firm for almost 25 years. Frederickson actively develops and nourishes meaningful, long-term relationships with over 20,000 rising and established people operations and HR executives worldwide. Clients include Alphabet, Facebook, Gartner, Gilead, Intel, Palantir, Pinterest, ServiceNow, Roche, Twitter, Uber, Workday and other technology, media, biotech, and fintech startups and established firms. www.fredericksonpartners.com