Who's on our board.

Aneel has been a leader, product visionary, and innovator in the enterprise software industry for more than 20 years. Before co-founding Workday in 2005, Aneel held a number of leadership positions at PeopleSoft, including vice chairman of the board and senior vice president responsible for product strategy, business development, and marketing. In addition to his role at Workday, Aneel is an advisory partner at Greylock, a leading venture capital firm that he has been associated with since 1999, and he is a member of the Board of Trustees at Stanford University. He also serves on the board of directors of the Workday Foundation and of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Aneel previously served on the board of directors of several other companies, including Intel, Pure Storage, and Okta.

Aneel holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and economics from Brown University. He is a Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute.

George is currently a Partner Emeritus at Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), a global venture capital firm. From 1994 to December 2012, he served as NVP’s Managing Partner. George led the sole venture investment in PeopleSoft, where he served on the board of directors from 1991 to 2001. Prior to NVP, George worked at Ernst & Young, and as a partner at venture capital firm Centennial Funds. George currently serves on the boards at Rackspace Hosting and various private companies. In addition, he is a director of The First Tee of San Francisco and KnowledgeBeat. George previously served on the board of directors at the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, and is currently a member of the foundation’s audit committee. George served as a director at the National Venture Capital Association from 1995 to 2000, and at the Stanford Business School Venture Capital Trust from 1997 to 2001.

George received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, where he currently serves on the board of advisors for Tuck’s Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship.

Michael is chief executive officer at Great Place to Work (GPTW), a global research and analytics firm that produces distinguished workplace rankings around the world. 

In addition to his current role at GPTW, Michael founded The Mattmar Group, Inc., which provides turnaround leadership for companies that need to get on a sustainable path, and has served as its president since 2003. Prior to his current roles, Michael was also the founder of The 8 Factors, a former online learning platform, and held leadership positions at Clark Sustainable Resource Developments Ltd. and Tetra Tech, Inc. Michael serves as an advisor for several nonprofit organizations and served on President Barack Obama’s White House Business Council. 

Michael received a Master of Science degree in management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Ann-Marie is Executive Vice President - U.S. Stores at The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer, a position she has held since February 2016. Ann-Marie began her career as a cashier with The Home Depot in 1985.

In addition to the Workday board of directors, Ann-Marie has also served as a director of Potbelly Corporation, a chain of neighborhood sandwich shops, since August 2014, and previously served as a director of Barnes and Noble Inc., a large retail bookseller, from June 2015 to September 2016.

Ann-Marie received a Bachelor’s degree in philosophy and a Master’s degree in business administration from Georgia State University.

Christa is chief financial officer and executive vice president of global finance at Aon, a global risk management, insurance, and human resources solutions company—roles she has held at Aon since 2008 and 2007, respectively. Prior to joining Aon, Christa spent five years at Microsoft, most recently as corporate vice president and CFO of Platforms & Services.

Christa holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Queensland, Australia, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Lynne is the former U.S. chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of KPMG LLP (“KPMG”), a global leader in audit, tax, transaction, and advisory services, where she had been employed since 1985. Lynne served as KPMG’s U.S. chairman and CEO from July 2015 to June 2020. Prior to that, she served in many leadership roles during her career at KPMG, including vice chair of the firm’s U.S. Advisory business from October 2011 to June 2015.

Lynne has served on the board of Boeing Company since January 2021. She also serves on the board of directors of several nonprofit organizations, and on the board of advisors of various private companies and educational organizations.

Lynne received a bachelor’s of science degree in accounting from Virginia Tech University.

Prior to Workday, Dave founded PeopleSoft in 1987 and served as the company’s CEO and board chairman. PeopleSoft grew to be the world’s second-largest ERP application software company before being acquired in 2005. Other companies Dave has launched include Integral Systems, Business Software, and Information Associates.

Dave received a Master of Business Administration degree and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University, and he and his family are the benefactors behind Duffield Hall, a nanoscale science and engineering facility at Cornell. They also support a companion animal welfare foundation, Maddie’s Fund, which devotes its resources to helping create a no-kill nation.

Carl has been a general partner at Sequoia Capital Operations, LLC, a venture capital firm, since April 2016. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital Operations, LLC, Carl spent 14 years at VMware, Inc., a global virtual infrastructure software provider, most recently as its president and chief operating officer, a role he held from December 2012 to March 2016. Prior to that, Carl served as VMware’s co-president and chief operating officer from April 2012 to December 2012, as co-president of customer operations from January 2011 to April 2012, and as executive vice president of worldwide field operations from May 2005 to January 2011. Prior to joining VMware in 2002, Carl held various sales management positions with Inktomi, 3Com Corporation, Lucent Technologies Inc., and EMC.

Carl is also a member of the board of directors of Palo Alto Networks, Inc., where he has served since May 2013, as well as a director of several private companies.

Carl received an Electronics Technician diploma from DeVry University.

Prior to joining Workday in 2014, Chano served for seven years as senior vice president and head of innovation sales at SAP EMEA. Before that, he was vice president of EMEA sales at Infor, responsible for global and large accounts. Chano also served as a founding partner and general manager at Blue C, and as a senior consultant for McKinsey & Company.

Chano holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Instituto de Empresa and a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Salamanca.

Mike served as CEO of Flextronics from 2006 until 2018. From 1994 until his appointment as CEO, Mike held a variety of senior roles at Flextronics, including chief operating officer, president of Americas operations, and vice president of North American operations. Mike has been on the board of directors at Flextronics since 2005. Mike is also a director at Delphi Automotive LLP, is on the advisory board at Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, and has served on the board at MEMC Electronic Materials.

Mike received a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial management from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from Santa Clara University.

In addition to serving on Workday’s board of directors, Lee serves on the board of Regions Financial Corporation (RF), Vulcan Materials Company (VMC), Harvard Business School, U.S. Olympic Ski Team, Children’s Hospital, and the Altec/Styslinger Foundation. He is also a member of the Business Roundtable, the Business Council, and the Council on Foreign Relations, and was appointed by President George W. Bush to the President’s Export Council from 2006–2009, advising the President on trade policy. In 2017, he served on the President’s Manufacturing Council and currently serves on the President’s Trade Council. 

Lee earned his B.S. from Northwestern University and his M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Jerry currently works with and invests in technology entrepreneurs through AME Cloud Ventures. He serves as a board observer for Lenovo, vice-chair of Stanford University’s Board of Trustees, and director for Monterey Peninsula Foundation. Prior, Jerry co-founded Yahoo! Inc. in 1995, and served on the board of directors and as a key member of the executive management team until January 2012. While at Yahoo!, he led a number of initiatives, including two of the biggest investments in the internet: Yahoo Japan and Alibaba Group. Jerry served as a director of Yahoo Japan Corporation (TSE:4689) and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. until January 2012; and he was a director of Cisco Systems, Inc. from July 2000 to November 2012.

Jerry holds a Master of Science degree and Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University.