Ellen Pao

Ellen Pao co-founded and has led Project Include, a nonprofit advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion in technology companies, since December 2015. Ms. Pao has served as Chief Executive Officer and board member of Project Include since January 2017. Prior to Project Include, Ms. Pao served as Interim Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of BD of Reddit, a social media platform, from April 2012 until July 2015. Prior to Reddit, Ms. Pao served as Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Kapor Center and Venture Partner at Kapor Capital from January 2017 until March 2018. Ms. Pao holds a B.S.E in electrical engineering from Princeton University, a J.D. from Harvard Law School and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School. They believe that Ms. Pao is qualified to serve as a member of the board of directors due to her focus on diversity and inclusion and her experience as a board observer, board member, investor and advisor to technology startups since 2012.