Pinterest named Andrea Wishom, president of Skywalker Holdings and former executive vice president at Harpo Productions, as the third woman on the company’s board.
Erika Dufour thanks to Pinterest
Pinterest on Monday appointed a third female director to the company’s board, days after a former female executor accused the company of a discriminatory and misogynistic work environment.
The company appointed Andrea Wishom, president at Skywalker Holdings and former executive vice president at Harpo Productions. The other women on the board are Leslie J. Kilgore, former Chief Marketing Officer at Netflix, and Michelle Wilson, formerly at Amazon. There are also five men on the board.
Last week, Francoise Brougher, Pinterest’s former chief operating officer, filed a lawsuit against the company for gender discrimination and published a 4,000-post blog post accusing the company of a hostile work environment that silences female drivers. Following their lawsuit and blog, Pinterest employees organized a virtual protest against all gender and racial discrimination at the company.
Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann acknowledged Brougher and the employee protest in his announcement of Wishom.
“She is an expert in creating positive and inspiring content for a global audience, and a passionate advocate for building a corporate culture of respect, integrity, inclusion and support – areas in which we need to innovate and improve,” Silbermann said in a statement. .
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