Karina Li
Research Associate
Karina joins Bespoke Partners as a Research Associate to support Bespoke’s Go-to-Market practice. Prior to Bespoke, Karina was part of DoorDash’s first in-house executive search team, and she spent two years at SPMB Executive Search, a retained executive search firm servicing venture capital backed and publicly-traded technology clients. At SPMB, she executed on 20+ retained searches as the lead researcher, covering a variety of functional roles. Prior to SPMB, Karina spent two years executive search at Parker+Lynch in Southern California, where she specialized in full-cycle recruiting for middle-management and executive level finance roles and was recognized as “Rookie of the Year” in 2019.
Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Karina holds a Bachelor’s degree from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and has enjoyed living in sunny Southern California for many years since graduating.
By the Numbers
1,044
Number of miles I ran in 2022
3
Approximate number of dinners shared with my younger brother weekly
9
Number of years I’ve lived in West Los Angeles (and counting!)