Board of Directors

Mr. Risher has served as our Chief Executive Officer since April 2023 and as a member of our board of directors since July 2021. Mr. Risher co-founded Worldreader, a non-profit organization, and has served as its Chief Executive Officer since November 2009 and as Board President since March 2010. Prior to Worldreader, Mr. Risher served as Senior Vice President, US Retail at Amazon.com, Inc., an e-commerce company. Prior to joining Amazon, he served as a General Manager at Microsoft Corporation, a software company. Mr. Risher currently serves on the boards of directors of a number of privately-held and non-profit companies. Mr. Risher holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University, an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an honorary Ph.D. from Wilson College.

Mr. Aggarwal has served as a member of our board of directors since February 2016 and was appointed as Lead Independent Director in April 2023. Mr. Aggarwal previously served as our Board Chair from January 2019 to April 2023. Since March 2016, Mr. Aggarwal has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Soar Capital, LLC, where he focuses on investments in early-stage technology companies. Previously, Mr. Aggarwal served as the Chief Financial Officer at Trulia, Inc., an online real estate company. Prior to Trulia, Mr. Aggarwal served as the Vice President of Finance at PayPal, Inc., an online payments company, and at eBay Inc. in various finance roles including as Vice President of Finance. Prior to eBay Inc., Mr. Aggarwal served as Director of Finance at Amazon.com, Inc., an e-commerce company. Mr. Aggarwal started his career in investment banking with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, a financial services company. Mr. Aggarwal currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Arlo Technologies, Inc., a home security company, and Sonder Holdings Inc., a hospitality company. In addition, in the past five years, he served on the board of directors of Yatra Online, Inc., an online travel company. Mr. Aggarwal holds a Master of Management from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management.

Ms. Jarrett has served as a member of our board of directors since July 2017. Ms. Jarrett has served as President of the Barack Obama Foundation since December 2020, a Senior Advisor to the Obama Foundation since April 2017 and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School since January 2018. From January 2008 to January 2016, Ms. Jarrett served as Senior Advisor to the President of the United States, where she oversaw the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs and chaired the White House Council on Women and Girls. Prior to joining the administration of the President of the United States, Ms. Jarrett served in various senior positions, including Chief Executive Officer of the Habitat Company, a Chicago real estate development and management firm. She previously was Deputy Chief of Staff for the Mayor of Chicago, served as Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Planning and Development, and chaired the Chicago Transit Board. Ms. Jarrett currently serves as Chairperson of the board of directors of Civic Nation, a non-profit organization, and serves on the boards of directors of Ralph Lauren Corporation, a premium lifestyle products company, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., a retail and wholesale pharmacy company, Sweetgreen, Inc., a retail restaurant business, and Ariel Investments, LLC, a private investment company. In addition, in the past five years, she served on the board of directors of 2U, Inc., an education technology company. Ms. Jarrett holds a B.A. from Stanford University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.

Mr. Lawee has served as a member of our board of directors since November 2017. Mr. Lawee has served as the Founder and General Partner of CapitalG, a growth equity fund backed by Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google LLC, or Google, a global technology company, since January 2013. Prior to CapitalG, Mr. Lawee served as Google’s Vice President, Marketing and later as Google’s Vice President, Corporate Development. Prior to joining Google, Mr. Lawee co-founded numerous companies, including Xfire, Inc., an online gaming company which was acquired by Viacom Inc., and Mosaic Venture Partners, a venture capital firm. Mr. Lawee currently serves on the boards of directors of a number of privately held companies. Mr. Lawee holds a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Western Ontario, an M.B.A from the University of Chicago and a B.C.L. from McGill University.

Dr. Miura-Ko served as a member of our board of directors from June 2010 to May 2013 and has rejoined and served as a member of our board of directors since June 2016. Dr. Miura-Ko co-founded and has served as a Partner at Floodgate Fund, LP, a venture capital firm, since May 2008. Dr. Miura-Ko currently serves on the boards of directors of a number of privately-held companies. Dr. Miura-Ko holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Quantitative Modeling of Computer Security from Stanford University. 

Mr. Stephenson has served as a member of our board of directors since February 2023. Mr. Stephenson has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Airbnb, Inc. since January 2019 and its Head of Global Employee Experience since August 2021. Prior to joining Airbnb, Mr. Stephenson spent 17 years at Amazon.com, Inc., where he was most recently Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of their Worldwide Consumer Organization from June 2015 to December 2018. Before that, from September 2013 to June 2015, Mr. Stephenson was the Chief Financial Officer of Amazon’s International Consumer business and led finance across many areas of the company. Mr. Stephenson served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Big Fish Games, Inc., a gaming company, from September 2011 to September 2013. Mr. Stephenson holds a B.S. in Industrial and Management Engineering from Montana State University and a M.B.A. from the University of Iowa.

Ms. Wilderotter has served as a member of our board of directors since May 2018. Ms. Wilderotter has served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Grand Reserve Inn, a luxury resort and vineyard, since August 2016. From November 2004 to April 2016, Ms. Wilderotter served in a number of roles at Frontier Communications Corporation, a public telecommunications company, including as Executive Chairman of the board of directors from April 2015 to April 2016, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from January 2006 to April 2015, and President, Chief Executive Officer and a director from 2004 to 2006. Ms. Wilderotter currently serves on the public board of directors of Costco Wholesale Corporation, a wholesale retailer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, an enterprise information technology company, DocuSign, Inc., a digital transaction management services company, and Sana Biotechnology, Inc., a biotechnology company. Ms. Wilderotter also serves on the private boards of Tanium Inc., a software technology company; Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company, and TripActions, Inc., a corporate travel management and payments platform. In addition, she has served on many corporate boards, and in the past five years, was a public director of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., an electronic design automation software and engineering services company, DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., an entertainment company, and Juno Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. Ms. Wilderotter holds a B.A. in Economics from the College of the Holy Cross and two honorary degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology and the University of Rochester.