Nextdoor Appoints Tony Castellanos as Executive Vice President of People Amid AI-Driven Strategy

Nextdoor Holdings has promoted Tony Castellanos to Executive Vice President, People, focusing on AI-driven people strategy as a core growth driver. Castellanos has nearly two decades of experience in compensation, talent acquisition, and HR business partnering, and has led Nextdoor's People function from traditional HR to a strategic advisory body embedded across the business. He has designed AI-forward approaches to HR, including recruiting, compensation and benefits, and people business partnering. The promotion reflects Nextdoor's conviction that a high-performing People function is a direct driver of business growth.