In this episode of Reimagining Company Culture, we’re chatting with Paloma Thombley, Vice President, People at Handshake. Paloma has a passion for developing teams and managers, improving the employee experience, and building the right foundations to successfully scale rapidly growing organizations - in other words, identifying the programs or processes that may break, well in advance. Tune in to learn Paloma’s thoughts on unique company benefits, mission-driven manifestation, investing in personal growth, and more!

Paloma Thombley is a HR leader and business partner professional with experience in rapidly growing startups, established tech, and public sector employment. Paloma currently works as the VP of People at Handshake, a Silicon Valley unicorn and the #1 place college students go to launch their careers with no connections, experience, or luck required. As the leader of the People function, she has helped to scale Handshake from 160 employees to 675+ employees across multiple countries. Paloma has a passion for developing teams and managers, improving the employee experience, and building the right foundations to successfully scale rapidly growing organizations - in other words, identifying the programs or processes that may break, well in advance. Paloma resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and their son.