Lisa Nguyen
About Lisa Nguyen
Lisa Nguyen is a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner with extensive experience in scaling organizations and connecting individuals to their ideal jobs. She has worked in various roles across multiple companies, focusing on improving access to mental healthcare and promoting diversity in the workplace.
Work at Headway
Lisa Nguyen currently serves as a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at Headway, a position she has held since 2023. In this role, she focuses on connecting individuals with opportunities in the mental healthcare sector. Her work emphasizes improving access and affordability in mental healthcare through strategic recruitment efforts.
Professional Experience
Lisa Nguyen has extensive experience in talent acquisition and recruitment across various organizations. She worked as an Account Executive at Yelp for five months in 2014, followed by a role as an Administrative Assistant at the UC Berkeley Institute of International Studies in 2013. She then transitioned to Castlight Health as a Recruiter from 2015 to 2017, and later joined Lyft, where she served as a Business Recruiter from 2017 to 2019 and as a Recruiting Manager from 2019 to 2020. After Lyft, she worked at Datadog as a Recruiting Team Lead from 2020 to 2022.
Education and Expertise
Lisa Nguyen is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a Minor in Education at the University of California, Berkeley, a program she has been engaged in since 2014. Her academic background complements her professional focus on connecting individuals to their ideal job opportunities and unlocking their potential within the workforce.
Background
Lisa Nguyen has a proven track record of leading growth in various departments, particularly in General & Administrative and Marketing sectors, across the US and EMEA regions. She has experience scaling organizations from 1,000 to over 6,000 employees, demonstrating her capability in managing recruitment processes during significant organizational growth.
Advocacy for Workplace Culture
Lisa Nguyen advocates for a diverse and inclusive workplace culture. Her commitment to fostering an inclusive environment is reflected in her recruitment practices, where she aims to ensure that all individuals have equal access to opportunities within the organizations she supports.