Pinterest Appoints Former Harpo Studios Executive Andrea Wishom to Board of Directors
August 17 2020 - 5:07PM
Business Wire
Pinterest, Inc. (NYSE: PINS) today announced it has appointed
Andrea Wishom, President at Skywalker Holdings and former Executive
Vice President at Harpo Productions, to its Board of Directors.
“For the past few months, the board has been meeting with many
great candidates, and Andrea stood out for several reasons,” said
Ben Silbermann, CEO and co-founder, Pinterest. “She’s an expert in
creating positive and inspirational content for global audiences,
and a passionate advocate for building a company culture of
respect, integrity, inclusion and support — areas in which we must
innovate and improve. Andrea has spent her career outside of
Silicon Valley and has a vision for reimagining the board/employee
relationship. We welcome her creativity and authenticity, and I’m
honored to grow Pinterest alongside her.”
“I want to thank the entire Pinterest board for this
opportunity,” said Andrea Wishom. “In this unprecedented moment in
time, I’m excited to join the board of a global company that has
provided exploration and inspiration to so many, including myself.
I’ve been a Pinner since 2011 and having a one-of-a-kind platform
that helps us achieve our goals and dreams is needed now more than
ever.
I’ve spent my entire career inspired to take on challenges both
creatively and culturally. I’m particularly interested in
Pinterest’s expansion into content and media. I’m equally
interested in Ben’s vision of having a new type of conversation
between employees and the board itself.
Part of meeting this moment is looking outside the expected and
bringing different perspectives to the table. There are real
challenges to address, and that responsibility is not lost on me.
I’m committed to listening and sharing my perspective and providing
guidance as Pinterest continues to make positive strides
forward.”
Andrea currently serves as President at Skywalker Holdings, LLC
and previously as Chief Operating Officer at Skywalker Properties,
LLC. Prior to Skywalker, she spent 20+ years at Harpo Productions,
where she held various production, programming, development and
executive roles for The Oprah Winfrey Show and OWN: The Oprah
Winfrey Network. She serves on many boards including Tory Burch
LLC, C.A.S.E.L., The Make-Believe Association, The Poetry
Foundation, The George Lucas Educational Foundation and the Lucas
Museum of Narrative Art. She also serves as an advisor for Black
Women Animate and Spokin. Andrea holds a Bachelor of Arts in
English from the University of California, Berkeley.
About Pinterest
Pinterest is a visual discovery engine more than 400 million
people use each month to find inspiration for their lives,
including recipes, home and style ideas, travel destinations and
more. People have saved more than 240 billion Pins across a range
of interests, which others with similar tastes can discover through
search and recommendations. Located in San Francisco, Pinterest
launched in 2010 and has hundreds of millions of monthly active
users around the world. Available on iOS and Android, and at
pinterest.com.
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