Sector: Industrials
Director information for UPWORK INC (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri | Director | 49 | ["TPG Inc. (Nasdaq: TPG), global private investment firm - Chief Operating Officer (since 2023)","Partner (since 2019)","Chief Human Resources Officer (2018 – 2023)","The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS), Managing Director, Chief Diversity Officer & Global Head of Talent","Various leadership roles","Shearman & Sterling LLP, Associate, Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits","Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN), Analyst, Strategy","Human Capital Management: over 20-year career in leadership roles responsible for talent management","International Business: oversees global operations of TPG and has extensive experience with international operations","Strategic Planning and Transformation: integral to important milestones at TPG"] | ["Audit","Risk and Compliance"] | 2026 |
| Claire Bramley | CFO, Xero; Director | 48 | ["Chief Financial Officer at Xero Limited","Chief Financial Officer at Teradata Corporation","Global Controller at HP Inc.","Head of Financial Planning and Analysis at SSP Group plc","Over 20 years in senior finance leadership roles","Associate of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (ACMA)","Experience in Risk Management and Compliance","Expertise in Strategic Planning and Transformation","B.S. in Accounting and Financial Management from Loughborough University","financially literate","audit committee financial expert"] | ["Audit","Comp","Nom & Gov","Risk and Compliance","Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Dana L. Evan | Chair; Independent Director | 66 | ["financially literate","audit committee financial expert","Venture Partner at Icon Ventures (2013 – 2020)","Chief Financial Officer at VeriSign, Inc. (1996 – 2007)","Finance and Capital Allocation expertise","Strategic Planning and Transformation experience","Risk Management and Compliance expertise","Recognized by NACD as the 2019 Director of the Year","Obtained NACD’s CERT Certificate of Cybersecurity Oversight in 2025"] | ["Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee","Nominating and Governance Committee","audit committee","Audit","Risk and Compliance","Compensation","Nominating and Governance"] | 2026 |
| David Lissy | Former CEO, Bright Horizons; Director | 60 | ["Executive Leadership: evidenced by his almost two decades as Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bright Horizons","Finance and Capital Allocation: evidenced by his leadership of Bright Horizons through multiple transformational transactions","Strategic Planning and Transformation: evidenced by his role in expanding Bright Horizons’ service offerings","financially literate"] | ["Audit","Comp","Nom & Gov","Risk and Compliance","Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Ernesto Lamaina | Current Role Since | 36 | ["GM, Lifted, Lifted Solutions LLC (since August 2025)","GM, Enterprise, Upwork Inc. (September 2024 – August 2025)","VP of Product, Upwork Inc. (August 2024 – September 2024)","Senior Director, Product, Upwork Inc. (September 2023 – August 2024)","Fractional roles supporting venture studios and scaling companies in tech-enabled services (November 2021 – September 2023)","Chief Executive Officer, Adia (2015 – November 2021)","M.S., Business and Finance, LIUC Cattaneo University","B.B.A., Business and Finance, LIUC Cattaneo University"] | [] | 2026 |
| Gary Steele | CEO, Shield AI; Chairman of the Board; Chief Executive Officer | 63 | ["Chief Executive Officer at Shield AI Inc.","President, Go-to-Market at Cisco Systems Inc.","EVP and GM at Splunk Inc.","Chief Executive Officer at Proofpoint Inc.","Chief Executive Officer at Portera Systems Inc.","VP and GM at Sybase, Inc.","Manager at Sun Microsystems, Inc.","Product Manager at Hewlett-Packard Company","Software Engineer at Hewlett-Packard Company","Expert in Go-to-Market strategy and Cybersecurity"] | ["Chair","compensation committee","Compensation"] | 2026 |
| Glenn Kelman | Director; Chief Executive Officer | 55 | ["Executive Leadership: demonstrated through his more than two decades as CEO of Redfin, a technology-powered real estate company, and his tenure at Plumtree, where he led engineering, marketing, product management, and business development.","Technology and Innovation: evidenced by his almost 30 years of experience creating and leading successful technology-based and software companies, including his stewardship of Redfin over 20 years and his career as a founder and VP at Plumtree Software.","Strategic Planning and Transformation: gained through his past leadership roles, including at Redfin where he led the company through multiple transactions and acquisitions, including its $2.4 billion sale to Rocket Companies."] | ["Compensation"] | 2026 |
| Hayden Brown | President and Chief Executive Officer | 44 | ["President and Chief Executive Officer at Upwork Inc. (since 2020)","Chief Marketing and Product Officer (2019)","SVP, Product and Design (2016 – 2019)","VP, Head of Product (2015 – 2016)","Numerous product leadership roles for oDesk Corporation (2011 – 2015)","VP, Corporate Development at LivePerson, Inc.","Director, Corporate Strategy and M&A at Microsoft Corporation","Senior Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company","Expertise in Strategic Planning and Transformation","Experience in Go-to-Market strategies","Knowledge in Technology and Innovation"] | [] | 2026 |
| Kevin Harvey | Independent | 61 | ["Founder and General Partner at Benchmark Capital","Director at oDesk Corporation","Founder, President and CEO at Approach Software Corporation","Founder at StyleWare Inc.","Experienced in Finance and Capital Allocation","Skilled in Strategic Planning and Transformation","Technology and Innovation expertise","B.S. in Engineering from Rice University"] | ["Nominating and Governance Committee","Nominating and Governance"] | 2026 |
| Leela Srinivasan | Chief Executive Officer | 52 | ["financially literate","Chief Executive Officer at PARITY","Chief Marketing Officer at Checkout.com","Chief Marketing Officer at SurveyMonkey","VP, Restaurant Marketing & Product Marketing at OpenTable Inc.","Director of Marketing at LinkedIn Corporation","Management consulting positions at Bain & Company"] | ["Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee","Audit","Risk and Compliance"] | 2026 |
| Peter Sanborn | Chief Business Officer | 43 | ["Chief Business Officer at Upwork Inc. since March 2026","VP, Strategy, Corporate Development and Partnerships at Upwork Inc. (September 2024 – March 2026)","General Partner at Arbor Ventures (April 2022 – April 2024)","VP, Head of Corporate Development (M&A) at PayPal Holdings, Inc. (2020 – March 2022)","VP, Head of Corporate Development Americas and Managing Partner at PayPal Ventures","Senior Director, Global Corporate Development & PayPal Ventures at PayPal Holdings, Inc.","Various roles in strategy, M&A, finance and investor relations at HSBC Holdings plc","B.A. in Economics and International Studies from Northwestern University"] | [] | 2026 |
| Thomas Layton | Chairperson | 63 | ["Chairperson at oDesk Corporation (2011 – 2014)","Director at oDesk Corporation (2006 – 2014)","Chief Executive Officer at Metaweb Technologies Inc. (2007 – 2010)","Chief Executive Officer at OpenTable Inc.","Co-Founder, President and Chief Operating Officer at CitySearch, Inc.","Associate Consultant at Boston Consulting Group","Strategic Planning and Transformation","Technology and Innovation","Finance and Capital Allocation"] | ["Nominating and Governance Committee","Nominating and Governance"] | 2026 |
