| Vijaya Kaza |
Vijaya is the Chief Security Officer and Head of Trust Engineering & Data Science at Airbnb, responsible for Information Security and Trust Technology to protect Airbnb’s community and platform.
Vijaya was named as one of the Top 25 Women in SaaS for 2018, and Top Revolutionary Women in Security 2019. Vijaya Kaza brings over 20 years of broad executive leadership experience having led Engineering, Product Management, Information Security and Data Science organizations ranging startups to large companies both in Enterprise and Consumer spaces.
Prior to joining Airbnb, Vijaya was the Chief Development Officer at Lookout Inc., a SaaS cybersecurity startup for the post perimeter world. At Lookout, Vijaya was responsible?for all aspects of product development including engineering, infrastructure & cloud operations, threat research and Information Security. Before that, Vijaya served as Senior Vice President of Cloud Products & Engineering at FireEye, building FireEye’s SaaS offerings while transitioning the Company’s traditional on-premise business to the cloud. Prior to FireEye, Vijaya served for 17 years in multiple executive and leadership roles at Cisco, where she led product development for a broad portfolio of security products that generated more than $1B in annual revenue.
During her time at these companies, Vijaya led due diligence, as well as product and team integrations for multiple acquisitions, and was instrumental in setting up and scaling offshore teams. Vijaya enjoys working with entrepreneurs and is on the advisory board of some of the leading VC firms. |
| Tara Bunch |
Tara Bunch is currently the Head-Global Operations at Airbnb, Inc. Prior to this, she worked as the Vice President-AppleCare Products at Apple, Inc. and as the Senior Vice President at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. from 1997 to 2012. She holds an MBA from Santa Clara University and an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley. |
| David E. Stephenson |
David E. Stephenson is an Independent Director at Lyft, Inc. since 2023 and the Chief Business Officer at Airbnb, Inc. since 2019. Previously, he served as the VP & CFO-Worldwide Consumer Organization at Amazon.com, Inc. from 2013 to 2018 and as the President & Chief Financial Officer at Big Fish Games, Inc. from 2012 to 2013. He holds an undergraduate degree from Montana State University and an MBA from the University of Iowa. |
| Ellie Mertz |
Ellie Mertz is currently an Independent Director at DoorDash, Inc. and a Director at Faire Wholesale, Inc. She has a graduate degree from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York and undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University. She also holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
| Brian Chesky |
Mr. Brian Chesky is a Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Head-Community at Airbnb, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from Rhode Island School of Design. |
| Aristotle N. Balogh |
Aristotle N. Balogh is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Airbnb, Inc. He previously held the position of Chief Technology Officer & EVP-Products at Yahoo!, Inc. from 2009 to 2010. He also served as the CTO, EVP & Head-Global Product Design at VeriSign, Inc. from 1999 to 2011. Additionally, he was the Vice President-Engineering at StumbleUpon, Inc. and Alphabet, Inc. from 2011 to 2018. Mr. Balogh has an undergraduate and graduate degree from The Johns Hopkins University. |
| Ronald Alan Klain |
Ronald Alan Klain currently works at BrainScope Co., Inc., as Director from 2018, Grove Farm Co., Inc., as Director, Inspirato LLC, as Director, and Airbnb, Inc., as Chief Legal Officer from 2024. Mr. Klain also formerly worked at Exclusive Resorts LLC, as Director, Revolution Health Group LLC, as Director, Government of the United States of America, as Chief of Staff from 2021 to 2023, and Revolution LLC, as Executive Vice President. Mr. Klain received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and undergraduate degree in 1983 from Georgetown University. |
| David C. Bernstein |
David C. Bernstein is currently working as the Chief Accounting Officer at Airbnb, Inc. He previously worked as the Vice President-Finance at Macromedia, Inc. and as the Chief Accounting Officer & SVP-Finance at CBS Interactive, Inc. Mr. Bernstein completed his undergraduate degree at Santa Clara University. |
| James M. Manyika |
James M. Manyika is currently serving as the Director at the Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. He is also an Independent Director at Airbnb, Inc., a Director at Khan Academy, Inc., a Director at The John D & Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, and the Senior VP-Research, Technology & Society at Google LLC. Additionally, he holds positions as a Trustee at The Aspen Institute, Inc., a Member-Research Council at Bay Area Council Economic Institute, and a Trustee at SFJAZZ. Previously, he worked as the Director-Global Institute at McKinsey & Co., Inc. from 2011 to 2013. Dr. Manyika completed his graduate and doctorate degrees at the University of Oxford and his undergraduate degree at the University of Zimbabwe. |
| Amrita Ahuja |
Amrita Ahuja is currently a Director at the Center for Global Development. She is also an Independent Director at Airbnb, Inc., a Director at Discord, Inc., and the Chief Operating & Financial Officer at Block, Inc. Ms. Ahuja previously worked as the Director of Business Development at Fox Networks Group, Inc. and as the Head of Strategic Planning at The Walt Disney Co. She also served as the Chief Financial Officer at Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and as the Senior Vice President of Investor Relations at Activision Blizzard, Inc. Ms. Ahuja holds an undergraduate degree from Duke University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. |
| Alfred Lin |
Alfred Lin is the founder of Venture Frogs LLC, which was founded in 1999. He held the title of General Manager from 1999 to 2014. He is also the founder of Venture Frogs LLC, which was founded in 1999. He held the title of General Manager from 2010 to 2011. Mr. Lin's current jobs include being a Director at ZipLine Medical, Inc. since 2012, an Independent Director at Airbnb, Inc. since 2012, a Director at Stella & Dot LLC since 2010, a Director at Houzz, Inc. since 2011, an Independent Non-Executive Director at DoorDash, Inc. since 2014, a Director at Dia Styling Co. since 2016, a Director at Code.org, a Director at Cobalt Robotics, Inc. since 2018, a Director at Kalshi, Inc., a Partner at Sequoia Capital since 2010, a Partner at Sequoia Capital Operations LLC since 2010, a Board Member at Next Trucking, Inc. since 2020, and a Board Member at Zethos, Inc. since 2018. Mr. Lin's former jobs include being the Chairman & Chief Financial Officer at Zappos.com LLC from 2005 to 2010, a Director at Humble Bundle, Inc. from 2011 to 2017, a Director at Achievers Corp., a Director at Trip Remix LLC, the Vice President-Finance & Administration at LinkExchange, Inc. from 1996 to 1998, the Vice President-Finance & Business Development at Tellme Networks, Inc. from 2001 to 2005, a Board Member at Achievers Corp. from 2011 to 2015, a Board Member at Kiwi, Inc. from 2011 to 2015, and a Board Member at Shopular, Inc. from 2015 to 2016. Mr. Lin's education includes an undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1994 and a graduate degree from Stanford University in 1996. |
| Jeffrey D. Jordan |
Jeffrey D. Jordan is the founder of Lendio, Inc. (founded in 2005). He is currently an Independent Director at Accolade, Inc. (since 2016), a Director at Walker & Co. LLP, Fab Commerce & Design, Inc., Airbnb, Inc., 500px, Inc., OfferUp, Inc., Shef, Inc., DAPER Investment Fund, Lookout, Inc., Wonderschool, Inc., Incredible Health, Inc., Neighbor Storage, Inc., and Managing Partner at AH Capital Management LLC (since 2011). He has also held former positions as a Director at Pure Digital Technologies, Inc., LiveOps, Inc., Residual Pumpkin Entity LLC, Booyah, Inc., Hawthorne Labs, Inc., OpenTable, Inc. (from 2007 to 2013), Metaweb Technologies, Inc., Zoosk, Inc., Wealthfront Corp., Hatch Loyalty, Inc., Tilt.com, Inc., Neutron Holdings, Inc., and Pinterest, Inc. (from 2011 to 2024). Additionally, he was the Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at The Walt Disney Co. (from 1990 to 1998), Chief Financial Officer at Hollywood Entertainment Corp. (from 1998 to 1999), Senior Vice President & GM-North America Region at eBay, Inc. (from 1999 to 2004), President at Reel.com, Inc. (in 1998), Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at The Disney Store LLC, and President at PayPal Holdings, Inc. (from 2004 to 2006). He obtained an undergraduate degree from Amherst College in 1981 and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1987. |
| Angela J. Ahrendts |
Angela J. Ahrendts is currently serving as the Chairman of Save the Children International. She is also an Independent Director at Ralph Lauren Corp., a Non-Executive Director at WPP LLC, and an Independent Director at Airbnb, Inc. Additionally, she holds positions as the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director at WPP Plc, Director at Charity Water, Director at Saïd Business School, and Director at The HOW Institute For Society. In the future, she will be a Senior Operating Adviser at SKKY Partners, LP. Ms. Ahrendts is also a Member of the Global Leadership Council. In her former roles, Ms. Ahrendts served as the Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at Burberry Group Plc from 2010 to 2014. She then became the Senior Vice President-Retail & Online Stores at Apple, Inc. from 2014 to 2019. Prior to that, she was the Executive Vice President at Kate Spade & Co. LLC in 2006, the Executive Vice President-Henri Bendel at Bath & Body Works, Inc. from 1996 to 1998, and the President at Donna Karan International LLC from 1989 to 1996. She also held positions as the Executive Vice President at Henri Bendel LLC and Liz Claiborne, Inc. Ms. Ahrendts obtained her undergraduate degree from Ball State University (Indiana). |
