Trisha Stiles

Founder & Executive Director

Trisha Stiles is a Human Resources Executive with over 20 years of HR experience. She has experience across many sectors; Technology, Entertainment, Sports, News, Digital Medial, Gaming, Banking and Finance, Pharmaceuticals, Private Equity, Education and the Non-profit sector. She is currently an HR Leader at Salesforce in their Tableau business unit. Prior to joining Salesforce, Trisha founded an HR consulting and executive coaching practice, was the Head of HR for CBS Interactive and held other strategic roles at NBC Universal, and General Electric. Trisha is a graduate of the prestigious GE HR Leadership Program and has a Blackbelt in Six Sigma. 

She has extensive experience working with Employee Resource Groups, Diversity and Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. Trisha has helped companies drive diversity and giving as strategic business initiatives. She is the Founder of LEAPS for Peace, an international NGO focused on providing leadership exchange and public service programs to high school girls in the US and developing countries. Trisha is a mentor, donor and pro-bono HR consultant to SHE-CAN . They are an International NGO that supports women from post conflict countries to attend college in the US and develop their leadership skills to return home to be leaders in their home nations.  

Trisha holds a BA in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an MA in Organizational Psychology, with a focus on Leadership and Change Management, from Teacher’s College, Columbia University. She is currently working on completing her second master’s in international Affairs-Business and Finance from Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs.

Trisha has spent extensive time working, traveling and volunteering in Europe, Asia, SE Asia, the Middle East and Africa. She has received several awards for her HR work over the years, but she is most proud of winning an Emmy for her HR expertise and support during the San Diego Wildfires in 2007.