Board of Directors

Aida Alvarez has had a successful career as a journalist, investment banker and public servant. She was the first Latino woman to hold a U.S. cabinet-level position as the administrator of the Small Business Administration during Bill Clinton's presidency. Alvarez entered the Clinton administration as the first director of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight. She also has more than a decade of experience in corporate finance, working as a vice president of Public Finance for both Bear Stearns and First Boston. Prior to this, she served as vice president Public Affairs of the New York City Health and Hospitals. Alvarez began her career as a reporter for the New York Post. She previously served on boards including Walmart, PacifiCare (United Health), MUFG Union Bank and the Diversity Advisory Board for Deloitte & Touche. She currently serves on the board of Stride, Inc. and Oportun Financial Corporation, chairs the Latino Community Foundation of San Francisco, serves on the board of the San Francisco Symphony and is a commissioner for the Smithsonian American Art Museum. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College, and honorary doctorates from Bethany College, Iona College, Mercy College and the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico.

Mr. Banerji is a co-founder and partner of Condorcet, LP, an advisory and investment firm, which specializes in developing early stage companies. Previously, Mr. Banerji served as a senior partner of Booz & Company, a consulting company, from May 2012 until his retirement in March 2013. From July 2008 to May 2012, Mr. Banerji also served as Chief Executive Officer of Booz & Company. Prior to that, Mr. Banerji served in multiple roles at Booz Allen Hamilton, a consulting company and predecessor to Booz & Company, while based in offices in North America, Asia, and Europe, including President of the Worldwide Commercial Business from February 2008 to July 2008, Managing Director, Europe from 2007 to 2008, and Managing Director, United Kingdom from 2003 to 2007. Earlier in his career, Mr. Banerji was a member of the faculty at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Mr. Banerji is also a director of Reliance Industries Limited and several private and non-U.S. companies. Mr. Banerji previously served as a director of Innocoll AG.

Mr. Bennett has served as Managing Director of Hilltop Investments, LLC, a private investment company, since 2005. Previously, Mr. Bennett served as President of Discovery Holding Company, a media and entertainment company, from 2005 to September 2008. Mr. Bennett also previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Media Corporation, a video and on‑line commerce company, as well as a variety of other executive roles between 1990 and 1997, including as principal financial officer from 1991 until 1997. Prior to his tenure at Liberty Media, Mr. Bennett worked with Tele‑Communications, Inc. and The Bank of New York. Mr. Bennett currently serves as a director of Warner Brothers Discovery and Liberty Media Corporation. Mr. Bennett has previously served as a director of Sprint Corporation, Demand Media, Inc., Discovery Holding Company, Liberty Interactive Corporation, and Sprint Nextel Corporation.

Chip Bergh was named Board Chair in July 2017. He previously served as Lead Independent Director of the Board since March 2017 and joined the Board in 2015. Mr. Bergh has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Levi Strauss & Co., an apparel company, since September 2011. Previously, Mr. Bergh served as Group President of Special Assignment at The Procter & Gamble Co., a consumer goods company, from 2009 to September 2011. From 2009 to September 2011, Mr. Bergh served as Group President, Global Male Grooming, for Procter & Gamble, which he joined in 1983. In 28 years at Procter & Gamble, Mr. Bergh held a variety of executive roles, including managing business in multiple regions worldwide. Mr. Bergh previously served as director of VF Corporation, an apparel company.

Stacy Brown-Philpot is a member of the investment committee of the SB Opportunity Fund, a venture fund for outstanding Black, Latinx, and Native American company founders. Ms. Brown-Philpot previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Taskrabbit, an online labor interface company, from April 2016 to August 2020, and as Chief Operating Officer for Taskrabbit from January 2013 to April 2016. From May 2012 to December 2012, Ms. Brown-Philpot served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Google Ventures, the venture capital investment arm of Google, Inc., the technology company. From 2010 to May 2012, Ms. Brown-Philpot served as senior director of global consumer operations at Google. Previously, Ms. Brown-Philpot served in a variety of directorial positions at Google. Prior to joining Google in 2003, she served as a senior analyst and senior associate at the financial firms Goldman Sachs and Price Waterhouse Coopers. Ms. Brown-Philpot currently serves on the board of Nordstrom, Inc.

Stephanie A. Burns served as Chief Executive Officer of Dow Corning, a silicone manufacturing company, from 2004 to May 2011, and also served as its Chairman from 2006 to May 2011 and President from 2003 to November 2010. Previously, from 2000 to 2003, Ms. Burns oversaw global operations for Dow Corning as Executive Vice President. Ms. Burns currently serves on the boards of Corning, Inc., a materials science company, and Kellogg Company, a food manufacturing company.

Mary Anne Citrino has served as a Senior Managing Director at The Blackstone Group, an investment firm, since 2004. Previously, Ms. Citrino served as Managing Director, global head of consumer products investment banking group, and co-head of health care services investment banking at Morgan Stanley, an investment firm she joined in 1982 and where she served in a variety of roles. Ms. Citrino currently serves as a director on the boards of Ahold Delhaize, an international food retailer and Alcoa Corporation, an aluminum producer. Ms. Citrino previously served as a director of Barclays PLC, a consumer and wholesale bank.

Mr. Clemmer serves as Chairman of Privafy, Inc., a security SaaS company. Mr. Clemmer served as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of NXP Semiconductors N.V., a semiconductor company until May 2020. Mr. Clemmer brings to the Board significant leadership experience in the high tech industry, including experience with semiconductor, storage, e-Commerce, and software companies, and brings valuable experience leading organizations through strategic transactions. In his roles at NXP Semiconductors and Agere Systems, Mr. Clemmer has overseen the successful execution of a number of key strategic transactions, including the acquisition and integration of several companies and business units. Mr. Clemmer currently serves on the board of Aptiv PLC. Mr. Clemmer previously served on the boards of NXP Semiconductors and NCR Corporation.

Judith (“Jami”) Miscik currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chair of Kissinger Associates, an international geopolitical consulting firm, founded by Henry Kissinger in1982. She is also Vice Chair of the Council on Foreign Relations. Miscik joined Kissinger Associates in 2009 as President and was appointed CEO and Vice Chair in 2017. Prior to entering the private sector, Miscik built a distinguished 22-year career in intelligence, ultimately serving as the Deputy Director of Intelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency. Following this she held a range of leadership roles including at Lehman Brothers. Miscik holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Economics from Pepperdine University, as well as a master’s degree in International Studies from the University of Denver. She is also a member of the boards of General Motors and Morgan Stanley.

Kim K.W. Rucker served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Andeavor, an integrated marketing, logistics, and refining company, from 2016 until Andeavor’s acquisition by Marathon Petroleum Corporation in 2018. Prior to joining Andeavor, she was Executive Vice President, Corporate and Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Kraft Foods Group, Inc., a food and beverage company, from 2012 to 2015. Beginning in 2008, Ms. Rucker served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Avon Products, Inc., a global manufacturer of beauty and related products, and assumed the Corporate Secretary position in 2009. From 2004 to 2008, she served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer for Energy Future Holdings, Corp., and before that as Corporate Counsel for Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Ms. Rucker was a Partner in the Corporate & Securities group at the law firm of Sidley Austin LLP. She holds a BBA in economics from the University of Iowa, a J.D. from the Harvard Law School, and a Master in Public Policy degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Ms. Rucker is a member of the boards of directors of Marathon Petroleum Corporation, Lennox International Inc., and Celanese Corporation. Additionally, she is on the board of directors of Haven for Hope and the board of trustees of Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Subra Suresh has served as the President of Nanyang Technological University since January 2018. Previously, Mr. Suresh served as the President of Carnegie Mellon University from July 2013 until June 2017. Prior to that, from October 2010 to March 2013, Mr. Suresh served as Director of the National Science Foundation, a federal agency charged with advancing science and engineering research and education. Previously, from 2007 to 2010, Mr. Suresh served as the dean of the School of Engineering and the Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Mr. Suresh serves as a director of the Singapore Stock Exchange, and as a member of the Innovation & Technology Council Advisory Board of Siemens, AG, an engineering company. Mr. Suresh previously served on the board of LORD Corporation, a technology and manufacturing company.