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Rachel Peridot Katz

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People & Talent at Crux
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Rachel leads People & Talent at Crux, a platform financing the clean economy. Her career is rooted in high-growth, mission-driven tech companies like Watershed and Airbnb, where she has focused on people operations, employee experience, and social impact programs. Colleagues describe her as creative, strategic, and impeccably organized.

Rachel demonstrates a deep-seated passion for leveraging technology and business for social good. This commitment is evident throughout her career, from leading employee volunteering at Airbnb to her work in social innovation, consistently choosing roles at organizations focused on creating positive, large-scale change.

She once organized a global hackathon series across 15 cities focused on addressing problems that prevent female entrepreneurship.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
People & Talent
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Clean Economy Finance
She works at Crux, a capital markets platform that is actively building financial infrastructure and strategies to scale the clean energy transition in the US.
Talent & Growth
Her role is centered on building the team at a rapidly growing company, and she frequently posts about hiring for key commercial and technical roles.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
People & Talent
Crux
6-2022 - 4-2025
People, Employee Experience and Workplace Operations
Watershed
6-2017 - 6-2022
Airbnb.org Programs + Employee Social Impact Program
Airbnb
11-2015 - 6-2017
Director of Social Innovation, Developer Engagement
AngelHack
8-2012 - 11-2015
Senior Analyst, Digital
Global Philanthropy Group
In the press

Media appearances

Rachel Peridot Katz – Watershed Climate Org Chart. Featured in TheOrg
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Education
BS
New York University
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