Executive Leadership

Barry Diller is the Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC and the Chairman and Senior Executive of Expedia Group. From 1995 to late 2010, Mr. Diller served as the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of IAC. Since December 1992, beginning with QVC, Mr. Diller has served as chief executive for a number of predecessor companies engaged in media and interactivity prior to the formation of IAC. From October 1984 to April 1992, Mr. Diller served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fox, Inc. and was responsible for the creation of Fox Broadcasting Company in addition to Fox's motion picture operations.

Before joining Fox, Mr. Diller served for 10 years as the Chairman and Chief Executive of Paramount Pictures Corporation. In March 1983, in addition to Paramount, Mr. Diller became President of the conglomerate's newly formed Entertainment and Communications Group, which included Simon & Schuster, Inc., Madison Square Garden Corporation and SEGA Enterprises, Inc. Prior to joining Paramount, Mr. Diller served as Vice President of Prime Time Television for ABC Entertainment. His Broadway credits include To Kill A Mockingbird; The Iceman Cometh; Carousel; Three Tall Women; A Doll’s House, Part 2; The Humans; and Betrayal. Through his foundation Mr. Diller has supported projects for Roundabout Theatre Company, Signature Theatre, The Public Theater, and Motion Picture & Television Fund, and creating Little Island, a park and performance center in the Hudson River.

He serves on the boards of The Coca-Cola Company and MGM Resorts International. He is also a member of The Business Council.

Mr. Kern has been a director of Expedia Group since completion of the IAC/Expedia Group Spin- Off, has served as Vice Chairman of Expedia Group since June 2018, and has served as Chief Executive Officer of Expedia Group since April 2020. 

Mr. Kern served on the board of directors of Tribune Media Company from October 2016 through the completion of Tribune Media’s merger with Nextstar Media Group, Inc. in September 2019, and served as Tribune Media’s Chief Executive Officer from March 2017 through September 2019. 

Previously, Mr. Kern also served as a Managing Partner of InterMedia Partners VII, LP, a private equity firm. Prior to joining InterMedia, Mr. Kern was Senior Managing Director and Principal of Alpine Capital LLC. Prior to Alpine Capital, Mr. Kern founded Gemini Associates in 1996 and served as President from its inception through its merger with Alpine Capital in 2001. Prior to founding Gemini Associates, Mr. Kern was at the Home Shopping Network and Whittle Communications. 

Mr. Kern has also served as Chairman of the board of directors of Hemisphere Media Group, Inc., a publicly-traded Spanish- language media company and as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of trivago N.V., a majority-owned subsidiary of Expedia Group, as well the boards of several private companies. 

Mr. Kern holds a B.S. degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Julie Whalen is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Expedia Group. As Expedia Group’s EVP and CFO, Ms. Whalen leads the Company’s global finance organization and financial activities including accounting, corporate development, financial reporting and analysis, internal audit, investor relations, real estate, tax, and treasury. Ms. Whalen also serves on Expedia Group’s Board of Directors, a position she has held since 2019.

Prior to Expedia Group, Ms. Whalen served as EVP and CFO at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. for more than ten years, having progressed through positions of increasing responsibility in Williams-Sonoma’s finance organization since joining in 2001. While at Williams-Sonoma, Ms. Whalen built deep financial expertise while driving meaningful shareholder returns and success in a global retail environment across multiple brands and channels.

Ms. Whalen began her career in public accounting with KPMG Peat Marwick. She is also a Certified Public Accountant and holds both a B.S. and a law degree from Pepperdine University.

Mr. Dzielak has served as Expedia Group’s Chief Legal Officer and Secretary since March 2018, previously serving as its Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since April 2012. Mr. Dzielak had previously served as Senior Vice President and acting General Counsel since October 2011. Since joining the Company as Assistant General Counsel in April 2006 and through his service as Vice President and Associate General Counsel between February 2007 and October 2011, Mr. Dzielak held primary responsibility for the worldwide litigation portfolio of the Company and its brands. Prior to joining Expedia Group, Mr. Dzielak was a partner at the law firm of Preston, Gates and Ellis, LLP (now K&L Gates LLP), where his practice focused on commercial and intellectual property litigation. Mr. Dzielak received his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School. Mr. Dzielak is currently a member of the Supervisory Board of trivago, N.V.

Travel Leadership Team

Michael Davis Velasco is the Chief People, Inclusion and Diversity Officer at Expedia Group. In this role, he leads the people and culture strategy for the company, including attracting and retaining talent, creating an inclusive and diverse workplace, and continuously improving the employee experience. Michael began his journey with Expedia Group in 2020 as Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer.

Prior to joining Expedia Group, Michael’s extensive career has encompassed human resources, employee and labor relations, diversity and inclusion, organizational design, leadership development, and employment law. Most recently, Michael served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Labor & Employment Counsel at Tribune Media Company, where he led all Human Resources functions including benefits, compensation, talent acquisition, HRIS, learning & development, as well as diversity and inclusion efforts.

Before joining Tribune, Michael was Vice President of Labor Relations at NBCUniversal, where he supported network news and sports, owned and operated stations and late-night entertainment programs. He also managed labor relations for Telemundo Network, Studio, International, cable operations, and owned and operated stations throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Michael began his career practicing law in New York and Mexico City within a variety of disciplines, including corporate transactions, civil litigation, intellectual property and employment law.

Michael co-founded the National Latina/o Law Students Conference and is an advocate for the underrepresented, volunteering his personal time to advise those in need on immigration rights and social and racial justice issues.

Jon Gieselman is the President of Expedia Brands, where he is focused on brand marketing, growth marketing and marketing technology services across all Expedia Group consumer brands. Gieselman served as a director of Expedia Group from December 2019 to May 2021.

Gieselman is an inspiring, transformational leader with more than 30 years’ experience, building award winning marketing teams across consumer products, retail, media and tech. Before joining Expedia Group, Gieselman served as Vice President of Marketing for Services at Apple, Inc., where he was responsible for the global marketing and sales functions for all Apple Services including businesses like the App Store, Apple Music, Apple News, Apple TV+ and Apple Card.

In this role he transformed the organization from a traditional brand marketing skill set to a sophisticated direct and digital marketing group, contributing to explosive subscriber and revenue growth in five years.

Prior to Apple, Gieselman served as Senior Vice President of Marketing at DirecTV, one of the world's largest television distributors, having previously served in senior marketing roles at Sears Holding Corporation, Home Shopping Network and Ray-Ban Sunglasses.

Gieselman holds a B.A. from Boston College and an M.B.A. from St. John Fisher College. He was inducted into the American Advertising Federation’s Hall of Achievement in 2009 and is the winner of 28 Cannes Lions.

As president of Expedia for Business, Ariane Gorin is responsible for Expedia Group’s global B2B business covering an ecosystem of travel suppliers, organizations that advertise on the Expedia Group platform, and partners that are powered by Expedia Group technology. From hotels and vacation rentals to airlines, financial institutions, travels agents and more - this fast-growing division helps partners connect with new travelers, deliver valuable services, and drive performance. Gorin also oversaw Egencia, the leading digital travel management platform, before its sale to American Express Global Business Travel in 2021.

Previously Gorin was President of Expedia Business Services which comprised of Expedia Partner Solutions and Egencia. Gorin joined Expedia Group in 2013 as Vice President of Market Management for EMEA and rapidly expanded the hotel network in the region. Prior to joining Expedia Group, Gorin spent 10 years at Microsoft in various sales, distribution and marketing roles. Before joining Microsoft, she was a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, both in San Francisco and in Paris.

Gorin received an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University and a BA in economics from the University of California at Berkeley. She currently serves on the board of directors of Adecco Group, and is on the advisory council of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London.

Rathi Murthy is CTO and President of Expedia Product & Technology, which includes overseeing the company’s product and platform strategy. In this role, she focuses on innovating accessible and equitable products, and delivering quality experiences for travelers, partners, and developers.

She most recently served as CTO for Verizon Media. Recognized as a transformative technology executive, Rathi oversaw Verizon Media’s global technology strategy, leading the company’s continued innovations in 5G while also managing the platform technology and infrastructure.

Previously, Rathi was Senior Vice President and CTO for Gap, Inc. where she developed an end-to-end technology strategy for Gap Inc.’s broad portfolio of brands. Prior to Gap, Rathi was CIO for Enterprise Growth at American Express, where she managed end-to-end platform technology, infrastructure and operations for the suite of American Express pre-paid products. While at American Express, Rathi was named Top Woman in Cloud Innovation in 2014, and Most Influential Women in Payments in 2015.

Rathi has held senior technology leadership roles at some of the world’s best technology companies including eBay, Inc., Yahoo, Sun Microsystems and WebMD. Rathi also currently sits on the board of directors for PagerDuty.

Rathi has extensive technology and engineering experience and has spent most of her career developing and building platforms and products for emerging technologies. Her expertise lies in her ability to manage engineering teams and drive change. She is also an Art of Living Teacher and has a passion to help spread peace in the community.

Rathi holds a Masters in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University, California.

Board of Directors

Mr. Altman is the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of OpenAI an organization dedicated to ensuring artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. From February 2014 through March 2019, he served as President of Y Combinator, a provider of advice and seed financing for startups.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Altman co-founded Loopt, Inc., a provider of mobile location-based services, and served as its Chief Executive Officer until it was acquired by Green Dot Corporation in March 2012, after which he held a number of senior executive positions at Green Dot, including Executive Vice President, Mobile Products and Technology, through December 2013, and served as a member of its Board of Directors from March 2013 through April 2016. Mr. Altman has also been the General Partner of Hydrazine Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm, since April 2012.

He has invested in a number of private companies, including Reddit, Inc., which operates a social sharing and aggregation website, and Helion Energy, Inc. and Oklo, Inc., which are both developing clean energy solutions. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of all three companies and as Chairman of Helion and Oklo.

Ms. Anderson has been a director of Expedia Group since December 2020. Ms. Anderson has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry and became the President and Chief Executive Officer of BECU in December 2022, where her core areas of focus include strategy development and sustainable growth, overseeing daily operational activities, and fostering BECU’s culture of promoting the financial well-being of its members and communities. Prior to BECU, Ms. Anderson served as the President of Global Consumer Solutions at Equifax from December 2019 to January 2022, where she led a team of 2,000 employees across product, marketing, and operations for the consumer credit reporting agency in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Prior to joining Equifax, Ms. Anderson was the Executive Vice President of Cards and Retail Services at Wells Fargo where she led consumer credit cards, co-brand cards, loyalty solutions, retail finance, digital payments and enablement capabilities, having previously held leadership roles managing auto loans, personal lines and loans, servicing, loan operations, collections and fraud operations since joining Wells Fargo in February 2012. Ms. Anderson currently serves on the boards of Accion (a global nonprofit), Sword Heath, Inc., and the Harvard Business School African-American Alumni Association. She also served as a Board member of the Equifax Foundation until December 2021. Beverly holds a Master of Business Administration with distinction from Harvard Business School and graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in business from Florida A&M University.

Ms. Anderson provides valuable expertise as a leader of consumer-facing businesses, as well as her extensive knowledge of, and experience in, consumer finance and payments matters.

Ms. Banerjee has been a director of Expedia Group since February 2023. She has served as Chief Financial Officer of JBG Smith Properties (“JBGS”), a NYSE-listed real estate investment trust, since December 2020. Prior to her appointment as Chief Financial Officer, she served as an Executive Vice President of JBGS since its formation in 2017 and its Head of Capital Markets since 2018. From August 2010 until 2017, Ms. Banerjee served in various roles at a predecessor of JBGS (“JBG”), including as a Principal in the Investments Group and a member of the Management Committee. Before joining JBG, Ms. Banerjee worked at the Blackstone Group, focusing primarily on hotel, office, and senior living acquisitions, and at Citigroup in its investment banking division. Ms. Banerjee graduated with a Bachelor of Science in International Economics from Georgetown University and earned a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Banerjee has extensive experience in the areas of investment, finance, capital markets, portfolio management and acquisitions, including the acquisition of hotel properties. As a senior leader of another public company, she also brings corporate governance, risk management, accounting, SEC reporting, and operational expertise to our board.

Ms. Clinton has been a director of Expedia Group since March 2017. She is a best-selling author and advocate for the advancement of women and children around the world. Ms. Clinton has served as Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation since March 2013, where her work emphasizes improving global and domestic health, creating service opportunities and empowering the next generation of leaders. Prior to assuming this role, Ms. Clinton served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Clinton Foundation from September 2011. Ms. Clinton has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Clinton Health Access Initiative since September 2011. Ms. Clinton also teaches at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. From March 2010 through May 2013, Ms. Clinton served as an Assistant Vice Provost at New York University, where she focused on interfaith initiatives and the university’s Global Expansion Program. From November 2011 to August 2014, Ms. Clinton also worked as a special correspondent for NBC news. Prior to these efforts, Ms. Clinton worked as an associate at McKinsey & Company, a consulting firm, from August 2003 to October 2006, and as an associate at Avenue Capital Group, an investment firm, from October 2006 to November 2009. Ms. Clinton also currently serves on the Board of Directors of IAC (since September 2011), and Clover Health Investments, Corp., a next-generation Medicare Advantage insurance company (since before its January 2021 initial public offering). Ms. Clinton is also a co-founder and partner of Metrodora Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on health and learning businesses, and serves as an advisor to LiveSafe, Inc.. In addition to her for-profit affiliations, Ms. Clinton currently serves as a member of the boards of directors of The School of American Ballet, the Africa Center, the Weill Cornell Medical College, HiddenLight Productions Limited, and Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health; and she is Co-Chair of the Advisory Board of the Of Many Institute at New York University. Ms. Clinton holds a B.A. from Stanford, an MPH from Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health, and both an MPhil and a Doctorate in International Relations from Oxford University.

Ms. Clinton’s broad public policy experience and keen intellectual acumen enhance the diversity of skills, backgrounds and opinions represented on the Board.

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Mr. Diller has been the Chairman and Senior Executive of Expedia Group since the completion of the Company’s spin-off from IAC/InterActiveCorp (“IAC”) on August 9, 2005 (the “IAC/Expedia Group Spin-Off”). Mr. Diller held the positions of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of IAC and its predecessors since August 1995 and ceased serving as Chief Executive Officer in November 2010. Mr. Diller served as Special Advisor to TripAdvisor, Inc., an online travel company, from April 2013 through March 2017, was TripAdvisor’s Chairman of the Board and Senior Executive from December 2011, when it was spun off from the Company (the “TripAdvisor Spin-Off”) until December 2012, and served a member of its Board until April 2013. Mr. Diller served as the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. from 2008 to 2010, when it merged with Live Nation, Inc. to form Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. Mr. Diller served as the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. from January 2010 to October 2010 and was a member of its Board until January 2011. He also served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of QVC, Inc. from December 1992 through December 1994 and as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Fox, Inc. from 1984 to 1992. Prior to joining Fox, Inc., Mr. Diller served for ten years as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Pictures Corporation. He serves on the boards of The Coca-Cola Company and MGM Resorts International. Mr. Diller is also a member of The Business Council, the Board of Councilors for the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California and the Advisory Board for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

Mr. Dubugras has been a director of Expedia Group since October 2022. He has served as the co-Chief Executive Officer of Brex Inc., a privately-held financial services company, since co- founding Brex in 2017. Prior to Brex, Mr. Dubrugras had co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of Pagar.me, an online payments company that was acquired in September 2016. Earlier in his career, Mr. Dubrugas founded EduqueMe, an educational crowdfunding company, and Estudar nos EUA, a company aimed at disseminating information about study- abroad opportunities. Since June 2017, Mr. Dubrugas has served on the Board of Directors of MercadoLibre, Inc., a leading Latin American e-commerce technology platform. He studied computer science at Stanford University from September 2016 to March 2017.

Mr. Dubugras has a deep understanding of the technology sector, where he has founded and developed several companies. Mr. Dubugras has significant B2B experience, expertise in the area of online payments systems, and a track record of driving innovation, which the board believes give him particular insight into Expedia Group’s business and operations.

Mr. von Furstenberg has been a director of Expedia Group since December 2015. Mr. von Furstenberg currently serves as Chief Investment Officer of Ranger Global Advisors, LLC, a family office focused on value-based investing, which he founded in June 2011. Prior to founding Ranger, Mr. von Furstenberg founded Arrow Capital Management, LLC, a private investment firm focused on global public equities, where he served as Co-Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer since 2003. Mr. von Furstenberg has served as a member of the board of directors of IAC since 2008, Liberty Expedia from November 2016 until it merged with Expedia in June 2019, La Scogliera, an Italian financial holding company, from December 2016 to September 2020 and served as a member of the board of directors of W.P. Stewart & Co. Ltd., a Bermuda based asset management firm, until the company was acquired in December 2013. Since 2001, he has acted as Chief Investment Officer of Arrow Investments, Inc., the private investment office that serves his family. Mr. von Furstenberg also serves as a partner and Co-Chairman of the board of Diane von Furstenberg Studio, LLC. In addition to the philanthropic work accomplished through his position as a director of The Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation, Mr. von Furstenberg also serves on the board of directors of Friends of the High Line.

Mr. von Furstenberg has private investment and board experience, which the Board of Directors believes give him particular insight into capital markets and investment strategy, as well as a high level of financial literacy. Mr. von Furstenberg is Mr. Diller’s stepson.

Mr. Jacobson has been a director of Expedia Group since December 2007. Mr. Jacobson is a founding partner at the law firm of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs and Fox, L.L.P., where he has practiced entertainment law for the past 34 years. Mr. Jacobson is currently a member of the board of directors of Charter Communications, Inc. and Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation, having previously served as a director of Tribune Media Company (from December 2010 until its merger with Nexstar Media Group, Inc. in September 2019), of Ticketmaster (from August 2008 until its merger with Live Nation, Inc. in January 2010), as well as of privately-held companies Aver Media, a Canadian lending institution and Eventful Inc., a digital media company. Mr. Jacobson was a co-founder of New Form Digital, formerly a venture with Discovery Communications and ITV focusing on short form digital content, and Whisper Advisors, a boutique investment banking/advisory company.

Mr. Jacobson has extensive legal and business knowledge and experience in corporate governance matters. Mr. Jacobson also has significant financial knowledge gained during his years practicing law and advising media companies, as well as his service as a director serving on public and private company boards.

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Peter Kern is the Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Expedia Group. Mr. Kern has been a director of Expedia Group since completion of the IAC/Expedia Group Spin-Off and has served as Vice Chairman of Expedia Group since June 2018. Mr. Kern has spent decades in leadership roles in public and private settings. Previously, Mr. Kern was CEO of Tribune Media and Managing Partner of InterMedia Partners VII, LP, a private equity firm. Prior to joining InterMedia, Mr. Kern was Senior Managing Director and Principal of Alpine Capital LLC. Prior to Alpine Capital, Mr. Kern founded Gemini Associates in 1996 and served as President from its inception through its merger with Alpine Capital in 2001. Prior to founding Gemini Associates, Mr. Kern was at the Home Shopping Network and Whittle Communications. Mr. Kern has served on the Board of Directors of Tribune Media Company since October 2016, where he currently also serves as Chief Executive Officer, as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hemisphere Media Group, Inc., a publicly-traded Spanish-language media company, since April 2013, and since 2016, as a member of Supervisory Board of trivago N.V., a majority-owned subsidiary of Expedia Group. Mr. Kern also serves on the boards of several private companies. Mr. Kern holds a B.S. degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Khosrowshahi has been a director of Expedia Group since completion of the IAC/Expedia Group Spin-Off. Mr. Khosrowshahi has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Uber Technologies, Inc. and as a member of Uber’s board of directors, since August 2017 and also currently serves as a director of two minority-owned affiliates of Uber, Aurora Innovation, Inc., and of Grab Holdings Limited. Previously, Mr. Khosrowshahi served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Expedia Group from the completion of the IAC/Expedia Group Spin-Off until August 2017. Mr. Khosrowshahi served as the Chief Executive Officer of IAC Travel, a division of IAC, from January 2005 to the IAC/Expedia Group Spin-Off date. Prior to his tenure as Chief Executive Officer of IAC Travel, Mr. Khosrowshahi served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of IAC from January 2002 to January 2005, as IAC’s Executive Vice President, Operations and Strategic Planning, from July 2000 to January 2002 and as President, USA Networks Interactive, a division of IAC, from 1999 to 2000. Mr. Khosrowshahi joined IAC in 1998 as Vice President of Strategic Planning and was promoted to Senior Vice President in 1999. Mr. Khosrowshahi worked at Allen & Company LLC from 1991 to 1998, where he served as Vice President from 1995 to 1998. Mr. Khosrowshahi also served as director of TripAdvisor, Inc., from the TripAdvisor Spin-Off until February 2013 and The New York Times Company from May 2015 to September 2017.

Mr. Khosrowshahi possesses in-depth experience with and knowledge of the online travel industry gained through his prior service as Chief Executive Officer of IAC Travel, as Chief Executive Officer of Expedia Group and as a director of TripAdvisor, Inc. and trivago N.V. Mr. Khosrowshahi also has a high level of financial literacy and expertise regarding mergers, acquisitions, investments and other strategic transactions.

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Ms. Menendez Cambo has been a director of Expedia Group since April 2021. Ms. Menendez Cambo has served as a managing partner at SoftBank Group International and SoftBank Latin America Fund, where she was a member of the investment committee. Ms. Menendez Cambo was also a director and general counsel of SBLA Advisers Corp., a registered investment advisor, and the SB Opportunity Fund, an early-stage fund focused on investing in minority founded technology related business in the U.S. Prior to joining SoftBank, Ms. Menendez Cambo served in various leadership roles at the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, including as Vice Chair and a member of the firm's Executive Committee where she advised public and private technology companies on their global corporate matters. Ms. Menendez Cambo was previously at Telefonica S.A., a global telecommunications company, where she was a director of several of its global new technology subsidiaries operating in over 15 countries. Ms. Menendez Cambo is on the board of City National Bank of Florida. Ms. Menendez Cambo holds a J.D. degree from University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School where she serves on the Board of Advisors and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Miami where she is a member of the Board of Trustees.

Ms. Menendez Cambo has extensive experience as a trusted legal and business advisor on corporate transactional and finance matters, a high level of expertise in corporate governance and other corporate legal matters and has taken a leadership role on diversity, inclusion and gender equity matters.

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Ms. Whalen has been a director of Expedia Group since June 2019, and has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Expedia Group since September 2022. Previously, Ms. Whalen was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Williams- Sonoma, Inc., a global specialty retailer, where she was responsible for overseeing Williams- Sonoma’s global financial departments including controllership, corporate financial planning and analysis, tax, treasury, investor relations, risk management and internal audit and had shared accountability of brand finance functions. She joined Williams-Sonoma in 2001 in the corporate financial planning organization and progressed through positions of increasing responsibility from Vice President, Corporate Controller to Senior Vice President and Treasurer, before being appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2012. Ms. Whalen began her career in public accounting with KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. Ms. Whalen is a Certified Public Accountant and holds both a B.S. in accounting and a J.D. from Pepperdine University.

Ms. Whalen has extensive experience in public company finance, accounting and SEC reporting matters. Having been a senior leader of another large public company, she also brings corporate governance, risk management, investor relations and operational expertise to our board.

Director Emeritus

Mr. Dolgen is a director emeritus of Expedia Group, having served as a director of the company from the IAC/Expedia Group Spin-Off through June 2019. From July 2004 until April 2010, Mr. Dolgen was a Senior Advisor to Viacom, Inc., a worldwide entertainment and media company, where he provided advisory services to the chief executive officer on an as-requested basis. Since July 2004, Mr. Dolgen has been a private investor. From April 1994 to July 2004, Mr. Dolgen served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Viacom Entertainment Group, which primarily included Paramount Pictures and Paramount Television, Paramount’s regional theme parks, motion picture theaters, and book publishing operations. Mr. Dolgen began his career in the entertainment industry in 1976 and, until joining the Viacom Entertainment Group, served in a variety of executive positions at Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Twentieth Century Fox and Fox, Inc., and Sony Pictures Entertainment. Mr. Dolgen was a director of Ticketmaster from August 2008 through its merger with Live Nation, Inc. in January 2010 and thereafter a director of Live Nation, Inc. through June 2018. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of California Institute of the Arts and a director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Mr. Dolgen holds a B.S. from Cornell University and a J.D. from New York University.