Emily (Lake) Wolfer 🏳️🌈
About Emily (Lake) Wolfer 🏳️🌈
Emily (Lake) Wolfer is a talent and people professional with extensive experience in recruitment and human resources. She currently works at Watershed, where she manages a team of recruiters and has implemented key people programs for the organization.
Work at Watershed
Emily Wolfer has been working at Watershed since 2022 in the role of Talent + People. In this position, she manages a team of five global recruiters and two recruiting operations coordinators. She has designed and executed the first end-to-end performance review process for the organization. Additionally, she has implemented key people programs for over 275 global employees, which include performance reviews, engagement surveys, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) initiatives. Wolfer has collaborated with C-suite and senior leadership across various teams, including Engineering, Product, Design, and Data/Climate Science.
Previous Experience at Square
Emily Wolfer worked at Square for four years, holding two significant roles. From 2015 to 2017, she served as the Recruiting Manager for Business, Sales, and International in the San Francisco Bay Area. Following this, she was promoted to Head of Executive Recruiting from 2017 to 2019, where she continued to develop her expertise in talent acquisition and executive hiring.
Experience at Monzo Bank
At Monzo Bank, Emily Wolfer held multiple roles focused on talent acquisition. She served as Head of Talent Acquisition and Executive Hiring from 2019 to 2021 in London, United Kingdom. After this role, she transitioned to Leadership and Executive Hiring for a period of ten months in 2021 to 2022. Her work at Monzo involved strategic hiring initiatives and leadership recruitment.
Career Background in Talent Acquisition
Before her tenure at Square and Monzo Bank, Emily Wolfer worked at salesforce.com as a Talent Acquisition Manager for Sales & Go-to-Market from 2012 to 2015 in the San Francisco Bay Area. She also gained experience as an Account Manager at News America Marketing from 2010 to 2012. These roles contributed to her extensive background in recruiting and talent management.
Education and Academic Background
Emily Wolfer completed her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo from 2006 to 2010. She also studied at Universidad di Torino and attended Park City High School. Her educational background has provided her with a solid foundation in business principles and practices.