Board Committees

Since December 2019, Ms. Wolfe has served as Chief Financial Officer of Annaly Capital Management, Inc. Prior to joining Annaly Capital Management, Inc., Ms. Wolfe served as a Partner at Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) since 2011 and as its Central Region Real Estate Hospitality & Construction (“RHC”) leader from 2017 to November 2019, managing the go-to-market efforts and client relationships across the sector. Ms. Wolfe was previously also EY’s Global RHC Assurance Leader. Ms. Wolfe practiced with EY for over 20 years, including six years with EY Australia and 16 years with the U.S. practice. Ms. Wolfe graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the states of New York, California, Illinois and Pennsylvania.

Peter Barris has served as a director of Berkshire Grey since April 2016. From 1999 to 2017, Mr. Barris was the Managing General Partner of New Enterprise Associates (“NEA”), a venture capital firm with over $20 billion of assets under management. Under his leadership, NEA invested in transformative technology companies including CareerBuilder, Tableau, Diapers.com, Groupon, Jet.com, Juniper Networks, Macromedia, Salesforce.com, TiVo, and Workday. Mr. Barris also serves on the board of directors of Groupon, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRPN) and Sprout Social, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPT) and is currently a director of several private companies. Prior to joining NEA, Mr. Barris was President and Chief Operating Officer of Legent Corporation and Senior Vice President of the Systems Software Division of UCCEL Corporation. Earlier, Mr. Barris spent almost a decade at General Electric Company in a variety of management positions, including Vice President and General Manager at GE Information Services. He is Vice-Chair of the Northwestern University Board of Trustees and serves on the board of the In-Q-Tel and The Brookings Institute. Mr. Barris has also served on the Executive Committee of the Board of the National Venture Capital Association and was a founding member of Venture Philanthropy Partners, a philanthropic organization in the Washington, D.C. area. Mr. Barris has a BSEE degree from Northwestern University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

Since 2017, Ms. Dias has served as a member of the board of directors of Qurate Retail, Inc. In addition, since 2013, she has served as a member of the board of directors of Realogy Holdings, Inc. Ms. Dias has previously served on the boards of directors of Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE: AAP), Home Shopping Network, Inc. and Choice Hotels, Inc. Since 2015, Ms. Dias has served as the Principal Digital Partner of Ryan Retail Consulting. Prior to that, from 2011 to 2014, Ms. Dias was the Chief Strategy Officer at Shoprunner, an e-commerce shopping network. She has also held senior marketing and strategy positions at GSI Commerce, Inc., PepsiCo, Inc. and The Procter & Gamble Company. Ms. Dias has a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Harvard University and a master’s degree in business administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Peter Barris has served as a director of Berkshire Grey since April 2016. From 1999 to 2017, Mr. Barris was the Managing General Partner of New Enterprise Associates (“NEA”), a venture capital firm with over $20 billion of assets under management. Under his leadership, NEA invested in transformative technology companies including CareerBuilder, Tableau, Diapers.com, Groupon, Jet.com, Juniper Networks, Macromedia, Salesforce.com, TiVo, and Workday. Mr. Barris also serves on the board of directors of Groupon, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRPN) and Sprout Social, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPT) and is currently a director of several private companies. Prior to joining NEA, Mr. Barris was President and Chief Operating Officer of Legent Corporation and Senior Vice President of the Systems Software Division of UCCEL Corporation. Earlier, Mr. Barris spent almost a decade at General Electric Company in a variety of management positions, including Vice President and General Manager at GE Information Services. He is Vice-Chair of the Northwestern University Board of Trustees and serves on the board of the In-Q-Tel and The Brookings Institute. Mr. Barris has also served on the Executive Committee of the Board of the National Venture Capital Association and was a founding member of Venture Philanthropy Partners, a philanthropic organization in the Washington, D.C. area. Mr. Barris has a BSEE degree from Northwestern University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

Since December 2019, Ms. Wolfe has served as Chief Financial Officer of Annaly Capital Management, Inc. Prior to joining Annaly Capital Management, Inc., Ms. Wolfe served as a Partner at Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) since 2011 and as its Central Region Real Estate Hospitality & Construction (“RHC”) leader from 2017 to November 2019, managing the go-to-market efforts and client relationships across the sector. Ms. Wolfe was previously also EY’s Global RHC Assurance Leader. Ms. Wolfe practiced with EY for over 20 years, including six years with EY Australia and 16 years with the U.S. practice. Ms. Wolfe graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the states of New York, California, Illinois and Pennsylvania.

Since 2017, Ms. Dias has served as a member of the board of directors of Qurate Retail, Inc. In addition, since 2013, she has served as a member of the board of directors of Realogy Holdings, Inc. Ms. Dias has previously served on the boards of directors of Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE: AAP), Home Shopping Network, Inc. and Choice Hotels, Inc. Since 2015, Ms. Dias has served as the Principal Digital Partner of Ryan Retail Consulting. Prior to that, from 2011 to 2014, Ms. Dias was the Chief Strategy Officer at Shoprunner, an e-commerce shopping network. She has also held senior marketing and strategy positions at GSI Commerce, Inc., PepsiCo, Inc. and The Procter & Gamble Company. Ms. Dias has a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Harvard University and a master’s degree in business administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Sven Strohband has served as a director of Berkshire Grey since March 2018. From November 2012 to May 2018, Dr. Strohband served as the Chief Technology Officer of Khosla Ventures, and he has been a managing director of Khosla Ventures since May 2018. He has worked on numerous technologies ranging from autonomous robots, automotive LED front lighting, user interface and display technologies and RFID systems. Prior to joining Khosla Ventures, Dr. Strohband spent six years at Mohr Davidow Ventures, where he started as an associate and became the Chief Technology Officer of the firm, leading the firm’s technical diligence process for the infrastructure IT and sustainability practices. Previously, Dr. Strohbald was a project manager for the Electronics Research Lab of Volkswagen in Silicon Valley and the lead engineer and project lead for the Stanford racing team’s autonomous car, “Stanley,” which became the foundation for the Google self-driving car project and also won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge. Dr. Strohbald holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in mechanics and computation from Stanford University.