Chanel Hong

Experience

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  Montalvo Arts Center

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2001

  Gallery Administration Intern

  Since its conception, the Mediterranean-style house on the hill, as well as its general surroundings, has been known as Villa Montalvo. Now, the historic Villa and the 175-acre property it resides on are known as Montalvo Arts Center. The name reflects the growth, new direction and other general changes the organization has made in the past few years, including the addition of the Sally and Don Lucas Residency Program in October 2004. Montalvo is the one of the most distinguished arts organizations serving Silicon Valley and the extended San Francisco Bay Area as a center for creativity. Today, Montalvo presents outstanding performing arts programs for adults and children; concerts in the Carriage House Theatre, historic Villa, and the Lilian Fontaine Garden Theatre; exhibitions of exciting up-and-coming artists in Sculpture on the Grounds and the Project Space Gallery; and a wide range of innovative public programming. Show less

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  Mills College Art Museum

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  Curatorial Assistant to Museum Director

  Founded in 1925, the Mills College Art Museum is a forum for exploring art and ideas and a laboratory for contemporary art practices. Through innovative exhibitions, programs, and collections, the museum engages and inspires the intellectual and creative life of the Mills community as well as the diverse audiences of the Bay Area and beyond.

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  Bonhams & Butterfields

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2003

  Asian Arts Intern

  Bonhams is today one of the world's largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. The present company was formed by the merger in November 2001 of Bonhams & Brooks and Phillips Son & Neale. This brought together two of the four surviving Georgian auction houses in London, Bonhams having been founded in 1793, and Phillips in 1796 by Harry Phillips, formerly a senior clerk to James Christie. Today the amalgamated business handles fine art and antiques in more than 60 specialist collecting areas. The firm has continued to grow and change since the merger in 2001. The last ten years have been among the most dramatic and fast-growing in its history.In August 2002 the company acquired Butterfields, the principal firm of auctioneers on the West Coast of America, which had been founded in 1865. Show less

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  1031 Exchange Company

  Nov 2004 - Jan 2008

  • Corporate Communications Manager

    Mar 2005 - Jan 2008

  • Executive Assistant to CEO

    Nov 2004 - Mar 2005
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  Lightspeed Venture Partners

  Jul 2008 - May 2012

  Executive Assistant to Managing Director, Partner

  Over the past two decades, Lightspeed has backed more than 200 companies, many of which have become leaders in their respective industries. Lightspeed focuses on early and expansion stage investments in the consumer, enterprise technology and cleantech markets. The team invests in the U.S. and internationally, with investment professionals and advisors in Silicon Valley, India, Israel, and China with Lightspeed China Partners.

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  Elance

  May 2012 - Apr 2014

  Executive Assistant to President & CEO

  Elance is where people work differently. A pioneer in today’s freelance revolution, Elance is the world’s leading platform for online work. Today over 500,000 businesses and 2 million freelancers use Elance in 170+ countries. Innovative global enterprises, small businesses and startups tap into the Elance talent pool, building teams from software engineers, application developers and web and graphic designers to copywriters, market researchers, data scientists, social media marketers, customer service agents and other business professionals. More than 1 million freelance jobs are completed through Elance annually. Headquartered in Mountain View, California and Oslo, Norway, Elance is a privately-held company. For more information, visit www.elance.com. Show less

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  Elance-oDesk

  Apr 2014 - Apr 2015

  Executive Assistant to CEO; Workplace Operations

  Elance-oDesk is the global leader in online work. The company, along with our community of more than 2.5 million businesses and 8 million freelancers, is reimagining the way we work. Businesses tap into www.Elance.com and www.oDesk.com to hire, manage and pay the world’s best freelancers. Freelancers tap into both sites to access the over 2.5 million jobs businesses are posting annually. Elance-oDesk’s vision is to create the world’s largest online workplaces. As an increasingly connected and independent workforce goes online, talent—like software, shopping and communications before it—is shifting to the cloud. This shift is making it faster and easier for businesses to find the skills they need, while freeing professionals from set time and place work. Freelancers are earning $930 million annually via Elance and oDesk, offering any type of skill imaginable that can be done via a computer—from programming and development, to writing, design, data analysis, 3D modeling and even legal services. Show less

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  Upwork (Formerly Elance-oDesk)

  Apr 2014 - Jan 2016

  Executive Assistant to CEO/ Workplace Operations

  Upwork (formerly Elance-oDesk) is the world’s largest freelance talent marketplace. As an increasingly connected and independent workforce goes online, knowledge work —like software before it— is shifting online as well. This shift is making it faster and easier for clients to connect and work with talent in near real-time and is freeing professionals everywhere from having to work at a set time and place. Upwork's vision is to connect businesses with great talent faster than ever (within minutes). Businesses find, hire, collaborate with and pay freelancers around the world via Upwork. Freelancers earn more than $1 billion annually via Upwork Show less

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  Toyota Research Institute

  Feb 2016 - now

  Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is a research and development enterprise designed to bridge the gap between fundamental research and product development. Launched in 2016, TRI's mission is to use artificial intelligence to improve the quality of human life. We are dedicated to making automobiles safer, more affordable, and more accessible to everyone, regardless of age or ability, and to expanding the benefit of mobility technology beyond automobiles, for example to in-home support of older persons and those with special needs. Show less

  • Chief of Staff, Stakeholder Relations

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Chief Of Staff

    Feb 2022 - Dec 2023

  • Communications Specialist

    Dec 2021 - Feb 2022

  • Executive Assistant to CEO (Chief Scientist, Toyota Motor Corp)

    Feb 2016 - Dec 2021
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  The Chief of Staff Association

  Apr 2023 - now

  Member, CSA