Gretchen Howard is currently Chief Operating Officer at Robinhood. Previously, she was at Google since 2006 most recently as a Partner with CapitalG. Gretchen was also a Managing Director in Sales & Business Operations at Google, where she has helped incubate, launch and scale Google’s social, video, search and display sales offerings for SMB and large brand advertisers.Prior to joining Google, Gretchen was VP of Market Development and Field Sales for Fidelity Investments, and she started her career working in consulting, helping companies implement new IT strategies.Gretchen holds a BA from Williams College and a MBA from Harvard Business School.