Shannon Gordon has spent her career building and scaling innovative customer experiences at retail and logistics companies and now as CEO of theBoardlist. She is currently focused on building technology that brings access and transparency to the expansive pipeline of board-ready women. 

Before joining theBoardlist, Shannon was SVP Operations and Customer Experience at Shyp, a San Francisco startup that helped small businesses with their shipping needs. She also spent five years as the VP of Customer Experience at Walmart.com where she scaled Walmart's order online/ pickup in store business from a several store pilot to a billion dollar business. Prior to her time at Walmart.com, Shannon worked at McKinsey & Company in Chicago where she served clients in the retail and pharmaceutical industries.

 
Shannon has a BA from Middlebury College and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.  

Rashida Hodge is a technologist and executive leader at the forefront of AI and emerging technologies that are changing how businesses operate. She leads technology innovation strategy, develops diverse teams, and orchestrates global technology transformations. She currently is the VP of Azure Data and AI for Microsoft's Customer Success division.

Rashida honed her leadership over 18 years at IBM, where she influenced the creation, development and scale of IBM’s most significant technologies and rose to be the highest-ranking African American woman executive in a Fortune 100 company.

Dubbed the “Superhero of IBM Watson AI,” Rashida led platform modernization and digital transformation consultation for one of IBM’s largest segments, the $2-3B North American Insurance Sector, as well as the commercialization and global launch of IBM Watson. She designed an entirely new world-class AI professional services organization from the ground up and ushered in custom AI applications for IBM clients. Most notably, she led the implementation of IBM’s first major Watson AI engagements and delivered first-of-a-kind projects with prominent clients such as Banco de Bradesco (Brazil), Woodside Oil and Gas (Australia), Lotte (South Korea), Hyundai (South Korea) and GEICO (US). Her collaborative approach cemented IBM’s global thought leadership in AI and she was the go-to executive leader for more than 70% of IBM Watson’s AI revenue.

Rashida earned a BS and MS in Industrial Engineering at North Carolina State University and an MBA from Duke University Fuqua School of Business.

Rashida sits on the board of Girls Inc., Misty Robotics, Duke University Fuqua School of Business Minority Advisory Board; Industrial Engineering Advisory Board, North Carolina State University; and North Carolina University College of Engineering Foundation.

Selina Tobaccowala is Chief Digital Officer of Openfit, the all-in-one digital streaming platform for integrated fitness, nutrition, and wellness, where she leads engineering, product, and design.

Prior to joining Openfit, she was the co-founder and CEO of Gixo, an innovative live workout fitness start-up acquired by Openfit.

Selina also served as the President & CTO at SurveyMonkey, leading the company to become the world’s dominant online survey platform, with 16 million surveys processed per day. Before SurveyMonkey, she was SVP of Product and Technology at Ticketmaster, where she oversaw European engineering and product operations. Selina started her career in her Stanford dorm room where she co-founded Evite, the online invitation service.

Selina currently serves on the board of directors at Redfin, a $1.8 billion dollar full-service technology-enabled real estate brokerage company.

Selina graduated with honors from Stanford University with a B.S. in Computer Science and lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children.

Yael serves on the board of Poly (NYSE: PLT), formerly Plantronics and Polycom, as well as Splashtop. An experienced C-level marketing leader - Yael has helped grown three private companies from early stage to public and scaled operations post IPO.

With deep software industry knowledge, she has a track record of recognizing points of technology inflection while they are still in nascent stage. As an operating executive for 20+ years, she has a strong understanding of challenges companies face in various stages of their growth journey.

Yael was most recently the Chief Marketing Officer of Bill.com (NYSE: BILL). Prior to joining Bill.com, Yael served as the head of marketing for VMware (NYSE: VMW), Tintri, and Medallia (NYSE: MDLA) during times of significant growth and change.

Yael holds a B.S. in materials science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.