Meet Lyft’s Board of Directors
Your board of directors is confident that Lyft is on the right path forward and is unwavering in its commitment to act in the best interests of all stockholders.
Key Facts About Our Board of Directors
Your Board of Directors
Your board of directors is is made up of dedicated and experienced leaders who possess the skills and insight needed to guide Lyft’s ongoing growth and success. They are the right people to steer our company forward.
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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 brings significant operational experience as an executive with technology companies, and deep understanding of finance, capital allocation, financial reporting, strategy, operations and risk management. His experience in these matters at technology companies allows him to provide critical oversight and invaluable perspectives.
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 February 2022, Mr. Aggarwal has served as Co-Founder and Chairman of Borderless AI, an artificial intelligence-powered human resource management platform. 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. (“eBay”) in various finance roles including as Vice President of Finance. Prior to eBay, 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.
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Ms. Beggs has served as a member of our board of directors since December 2023.
Ms. Beggs brings significant operating experience in insurance. Insurance is critical to our business, and our board of directors greatly benefits from her insights, as a senior insurance executive, on the insurance market.
Ms. Beggs has served as a member of our board of directors since December 2023.
Since February 2024, Ms. Beggs has served as the Reinsurance Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Everest Group, Ltd. (“Everest”), a leading global provider of reinsurance and insurance solutions. From November 2021 to February 2024, Ms. Beggs served as the Senior Vice President and Head of North America Reinsurance of Everest. Prior to Everest, from April 2002 to November 2021, Ms. Beggs served in various leadership roles at Munich Re, a global provider of reinsurance, primary insurance and insurance-related risk solutions, most recently as President of Excess & Surplus Lines for Munich Re Specialty Insurance. She is a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and earned the Associate in Reinsurance (ARe) designation. She is a member of the Association of Professional Insurance Women (APIW) and the Central NJ Chapter of the CPCU.
Ms. Beggs holds a B.A. in Management with a concentration in Finance and minors in Math and Spanish from Gettysburg College.
Ms. Beggs brings significant operating experience in insurance. Insurance is critical to our business, and our board of directors greatly benefits from her insights, as a senior insurance executive, on the insurance market.
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Mr. Cohen has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2021.
Mr. Cohen brings operational experience and technical expertise as a founder and executive of multiple technology companies, as well as experience in senior leadership positions in product management. His perspective as a founder and active participant in the travel sector greatly enhances discussions by our board of directors.
Mr. Cohen has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2021.
Since May 2015, Mr. Cohen has served as the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Navan, Inc., a corporate travel management and payments platform. From April 2013 to May 2015, Mr. Cohen served as Vice President, Product Management at Jive Software, Inc. (“Jive”), a provider of social business software. From May 2012 to April 2013, Mr. Cohen served as the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of StreamOnce, Inc., a business multimedia integration platform which was acquired by Jive. From December 2010 to May 2012, Mr. Cohen served as Senior Director, Product Management at Jive. Prior to Jive, Mr. Cohen served in various senior roles at Hewlett-Packard Company, a multinational information technology company.
Mr. Cohen holds a B.A. in Economics from The College of Management Academic Studies (Colman) and an E.M.B.A. from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management in partnership with Tel Aviv University.
Mr. Cohen brings operational experience and technical expertise as a founder and executive of multiple technology companies, as well as experience in senior leadership positions in product management. His perspective as a founder and active participant in the travel sector greatly enhances discussions by our board of directors.
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Dr. Stevenson has served as a member of our board of directors since November 2023.
Dr. Stevenson brings significant experience in monetary policy, financial markets, and economic forecasting. She is a widely published economics and policy expert with significant leadership experience navigating the labor market, the macroeconomy, political risk, and supply and demand dynamics. This perspective greatly helps our board of directors as it positions the Company to make strategic decisions regarding the driver and rider population while navigating complex legislative policy and macroeconomic risk.
Dr. Stevenson has served as a member of our board of directors since November 2023.
Since September 2019, Dr. Stevenson has served as a Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, where she engages in widely-published research on workforce dynamics, policy implications, and the evolving intersection of labor markets, household decisions, and the macroeconomy. From September 2012 to September 2019, she was an Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics with tenure.
Dr. Stevenson has also served in the highest levels of government. She served on the 2020 Presidential transition team advising on tax policy at the U.S. Treasury, as an adviser to the President of the United States as a Member on the Council of Economic Advisers from July 2013 to August 2015, taking a leave from her role at the University of Michigan. Prior to the Council of Economic Advisers, Dr. Stevenson served as the Chief Economist for the U.S. Department of Labor, and as an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
Dr. Stevenson is the co-author of several economics textbooks published by Macmillan Learning. She is a frequent speaker and writer on the macroeconomy, has testified before Congress on many occasions and appears regularly on prominent financial media outlets as an expert commentator.
Dr. Stevenson holds a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Wellesley College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.
Dr. Stevenson brings significant experience in monetary policy, financial markets, and economic forecasting. She is a widely published economics and policy expert with significant leadership experience navigating the labor market, the macroeconomy, political risk, and supply and demand dynamics. This perspective greatly helps our board of directors as it positions the Company to make strategic decisions regarding the driver and rider population while navigating complex legislative policy and macroeconomic risk.
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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 brings operational and leadership experience as a founder and executive, as well as experience in senior leadership roles at scaled technology companies. He also provides valuable insight in his current capacity as our Chief Executive Officer.
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 served as its Chief Executive Officer from November 2009 until April 2023, as Board President from March 2010 until April 2023 and as Board Founding Chair since April 2023. Prior to Worldreader, Mr. Risher served as Senior Vice President, US Retail at Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon”), 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 several 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. Risher brings operational and leadership experience as a founder and executive, as well as experience in senior leadership roles at scaled technology companies. He also provides valuable insight in his current capacity as our Chief Executive Officer.
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Mr. Green is a co-founder of Lyft and has served as a member of our board of directors since our founding.
Mr. Green brings perspective and experience as a co-founder of the Company, as our Board Chair, and as our former Chief Executive Officer. He has unique insight into Lyft and our business, and these perspectives are invaluable to our board of directors.
Mr. Green is a co-founder of Lyft and has served as a member of our board of directors since our founding.
Mr. Green was appointed Board Chair in April 2023. He served as our Chief Executive Officer from our founding until April 2023. Prior to co-founding Lyft, Mr. Green created the first car-share program at the University of California, Santa Barbara and served on the board of the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District. Mr. Green is currently a Venture Partner at Autotech Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, and serves as a member of the board of directors of eBay, an online marketplace and payments company.
Mr. Green holds a B.A. in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Mr. Green brings perspective and experience as a co-founder of the Company, as our Board Chair, and as our former Chief Executive Officer. He has unique insight into Lyft and our business, and these perspectives are invaluable to our board of directors.
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Mr. Stephenson has served as a member of our board of directors since February 2023.
Mr. Stephenson brings significant operational experience as an executive with technology companies and a deep understanding of finance, capital allocation, financial reporting, strategy, operations and risk management. He has overseen billions of dollars of share repurchases, and his perspective helps inform board discussions about the considerations and tradeoffs inherent in capital allocation.
Mr. Stephenson has served as a member of our board of directors since February 2023.
Mr. Stephenson is the Chief Business Officer and Head of Employee Experience of Airbnb, Inc. (“Airbnb”), a vacation rental online marketplace company. Mr. Stephenson has been the Chief Business Officer since January 2024 and the Head of Employee Experience since August 2021. Mr. Stephenson was previously the Chief Financial Officer of Airbnb from January 2019 to February 2024. Prior to joining Airbnb, Mr. Stephenson spent 17 years at Amazon, 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 an M.B.A. from the University of Iowa.
Mr. Stephenson brings significant operational experience as an executive with technology companies and a deep understanding of finance, capital allocation, financial reporting, strategy, operations and risk management. He has overseen billions of dollars of share repurchases, and his perspective helps inform board discussions about the considerations and tradeoffs inherent in capital allocation.
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Mr. Zimmer is a co-founder of Lyft and has served as our Vice Chair since January 2019 and as a member of our board of directors since June 2010.
Mr. Zimmer brings perspective and experience as a co-founder, as our Vice Chair, and as our former President. He has unique insight into Lyft and our business, and these perspectives are invaluable to our board of directors.
Mr. Zimmer is a co-founder of Lyft and has served as our Vice Chair since January 2019 and as a member of our board of directors since June 2010.
Mr. Zimmer previously served as our President from March 2013 until June 2023 and our Chief Operating Officer from July 2008 until March 2013. Prior to co-founding Lyft, he served as an analyst in real estate finance at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., which was a global financial services firm.
Mr. Zimmer holds a B.S. in Hotel Administration from Cornell University.
Mr. Zimmer brings perspective and experience as a co-founder, as our Vice Chair, and as our former President. He has unique insight into Lyft and our business, and these perspectives are invaluable to our board of directors.
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Mr. Lawee has served as a member of our board of directors since November 2017.
Mr. Lawee brings extensive experience as a seasoned investor and deep knowledge of technology companies. He has been an active participant in corporate development of technology companies operating at scale, and brings this knowledge and perspective to our board of directors.
Mr. Lawee has served as a member of our board of directors since November 2017.
Since November 2024, Mr. Lawee has served as Co-Founder of Crucible Labs, a blockchain services company dedicated to advancing decentralized AI. From January 2013 to June 2023, Mr. Lawee served as the Founder and Managing Partner of CapitalG, a growth equity fund backed by Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google LLC (“Google”), a global technology company. 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.
Mr. Lawee brings extensive experience as a seasoned investor and deep knowledge of technology companies. He has been an active participant in corporate development of technology companies operating at scale, and brings this knowledge and perspective to our board of directors.
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Ms. Whiteside has served as a member of our board of directors since July 2023.
Ms. Whiteside brings significant operational experience as an executive leading consumer marketing and loyalty programs. Given the consumer-facing nature of our business, Ms. Whiteside brings a unique perspective to board discussions.
Ms. Whiteside has served as a member of our board of directors since July 2023.
Ms. Whiteside has served as a partner of the Consello Group (“Consello”), a financial services advisory and strategic investing platform, since October 2022 and as its Chief Growth Officer since July 2024. She previously served as CEO of Consello’s Growth and Business Development division from October 2022 until July 2024. Prior to joining Consello, Ms. Whiteside was Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer of Walmart Inc., a multinational retail corporation, from August 2018 to March 2022. From 1997 to July 2018, Ms. Whiteside served at American Express Company, a diversified financial services company, in business development, marketing and operating roles in various customer segments, including most recently as EVP & GM – Global Premium Products & Benefits and EVP & GM – Global Charge Products, Benefits & Services. Ms. Whiteside serves as a member of the Board of Directors of LendingClub Corporation, a publicly traded bank, and Caravan, a celebrity-brand incubator aligned with CAA.
Ms. Whiteside holds an Economics and Management Studies degree (BSc Econ) from Cardiff University.
Ms. Whiteside brings significant operational experience as an executive leading consumer marketing and loyalty programs. Given the consumer-facing nature of our business, Ms. Whiteside brings a unique perspective to board discussions.
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