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Persis S. Drell
is the Dean of the Stanford School of Engineering, a Professor in the School of Engineering and a Professor of Materials Science
and Engineering and Physics at Stanford University. Ms. Drell, who assumed the post of Dean in September 2014, has been on the faculty at
Stanford since 2002. Ms. Drell served as the Director of the U.S. Department of Energy SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory from 2007 to
2012. Ms. Drell is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a fellow of the
American Physical Society. She has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a National Science Foundation Presidential Young
Investigator Award. Ms. Drell holds a Ph.D. from the University of California Berkeley and an AB degree in Mathematics and Physics from
Wellesley College. She joined the NVIDIA board in March 2015.
An accomplished researcher and educator, Ms. Drell brings to the Board expert leadership in guiding innovation in science and technology.
James C. Gaither
has been a managing director of Sutter Hill Ventures, a venture capital investment firm, since 2000. He was a partner in the
law firm Cooley LLP from 1971 to 2000 and senior counsel to the firm from 2000 to 2003. Prior to practicing law he served as a law clerk to
The Honorable Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, special assistant to the Assistant Attorney General in the U.S.
Department of Justice and staff assistant to U.S. President Lyndon Johnson. Mr. Gaither is a former president of the Board of Trustees at
Stanford University, former vice chairman of the board of directors of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and immediate past chairman
of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Mr. Gaither holds a BA degree in Economics from Princeton
University and a JD degree from Stanford University Law School. He joined the NVIDIA board in 1998.
Mr. Gaither brings to the Board expertise in corporate strategy and negotiating complex transactions. He also provides valuable perspectives
on the roles and responsibilities of a corporate board, including oversight of a public company’
s legal and regulatory compliance and
engagement with regulatory authorities. His significant experience as an investor gives the Board an understanding of the methods by which
companies can increase value for their stockholders.
Jen-Hsun Huang co-
founded NVIDIA in 1993 and has since served as president, chief executive officer, and a member of the board of
directors. Mr. Huang held a variety of positions from 1985 to 1993 at LSI Logic Corp., a computer chip manufacturer, including leading the
business unit responsible for the company’s system-on-a-
chip strategy. He was a microprocessor designer from 1984 to 1985 at Advanced Micro
Devices, Inc., a semiconductor company. Mr. Huang holds a BSEE degree from Oregon State University and an MSEE degree from Stanford
University.
Mr. Huang is one of the technology industry
’
s most respected executives, having taken NVIDIA from a startup to a world leader in visual
computing. Under his guidance, NVIDIA has compiled a record of consistent innovation and sharp execution, marked by products that have
gained strong market share.
Dawn Hudson
has served as Chief Marketing Officer for the National Football League since October 2014. Previously, she served from 2009 to
2014 as vice chairman of The Parthenon Group, an advisory firm focused on strategy consulting. She was president and chief executive officer
of Pepsi-
Cola North America, the beverage division of PepsiCo, Inc. for the U.S. and Canada, from 2005 to 2007 and president from 2002, and
simultaneously served as chief executive officer of the foodservice division of PepsiCo, Inc. from 2005 to 2007. Previously, she spent 13 years
in marketing, advertising and branding strategy, holding leadership positions at major agencies, such as D’
Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles and
Omnicom. She currently serves on the boards of directors of The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc., an advertising holding company, and
Lowes Companies, Inc., a home-improvement retailer. She was a director of P.F. Chang’
s China Bistro, Inc., a restaurant chain, until 2012, and
of Allergan, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, until March 2014. She holds a BA degree from Dartmouth College. She joined the NVIDIA
board in 2013.
Ms. Hudson brings to the board experience in executive leadership. As a longtime marketing executive, she has valuable expertise and insights
in leveraging brands, brand development and consumer behavior. She also has considerable corporate governance experience, gained from
more than 10 years of serving on the boards of public companies.
Harvey C. Jones
has been the managing partner of Square Wave Ventures, a private investment firm, since 2004. Mr. Jones has been an
entrepreneur, high technology executive and active venture investor for over 30 years. In 1981, he co-founded Daisy Systems Corp., a computer-
aided engineering company, ultimately serving as its president and chief executive officer until 1987. Between 1987 and 1998, he led Synopsys.
Inc., a major electronic design automation company, serving as its chief executive officer for seven years and then as executive chairman. In
1997, Mr. Jones co-founded Tensilica Inc., a privately held technology
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