Ellie Hinken

Ellie is the Chief Marketing Officer at Khosla Ventures, where she works with portfolio companies on communications and leads the firm’s brand, executive visibility, and external presence.

Prior to KV, Ellie was the head of communications at Airtable, where she led narrative and positioning as the app-building platform scaled into the enterprise. Prior to Airtable, she spent seven years at Google and YouTube, eventually leading executive communications for YouTube’s late CEO, Susan Wojcicki. Earlier in her career, Ellie conducted water quality research in Haydom, Tanzania for the Gates Foundation and taught middle school language arts in Chicago with Teach for America. 

Ellie holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia.

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