Danya Cheskis-Gold

I'm a community builder, networker, recruiter, & all-around scrappy go-getter.

THEN:

At Teach For America, I traveled the country, convincing our country's top college graduates to join the movement to eliminate educational inequity. I learned the ins and outs of rigorous, highly personalized recruiting and interview processes. I also designed ongoing learning & development programs for our hundreds of campus interns nationwide and our 250+ recruitment team members.

As the 2nd employee at Skillshare, I joined in an everything-non-product role and learned the ins and outs of building a business, community, and team from the ground up. Most recently, I built the recruiting, onboarding, and culture playbooks and helped quintuple the size of team.

In pursuit of a way to give back on a global scale, I joined American Jewish World Service Global Circle, fell in love with its mission to empower local leaders in their own communities, and just finished a 2-year stint on its board as the Fundraising Chair.

Side projects include: BoCoCa Locals, Big Little Kitchen, and Zip (a soon-to-be launched career transformation consultancy).

NOW:

I love small companies with big missions. And I know, from my own experience at Teach For America and Skillshare, that their impact is dependent upon stellar, committed teams. So, I'm helping early-stage startups define the cultural values and practices that they need to have in place to build the teams that will build their visions for change in the world.

Now, I'm working on some fun, personal projects (Kickstarter, here I come!) and consulting for a couple of startups I love.