Mr. Erik C. Blachford is a Lead Independent Director at Peloton Interactive, Inc., an Independent Director at Zillow Group, Inc., a Member-National Council at World Wildlife Fund, Inc. and a Venture Partner at Ascension Ventures Ltd.

He is on the Board of Directors at Peloton Interactive, Inc., Zillow Group, Inc., Bloomspot, Inc., Glassdoor, Inc., Liftopia, Inc., Surfpark Holdings LLC, The Cutting Ball Theater, Varsity Tutors LLC and ecoAmerica.

Mr. Blachford was previously employed as an Executive Chairman by CouchSurfing International, Inc., a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer by Butterfield & Robinson Management Services, Inc., a Chief Executive Officer by Butterfield & Robinson, Inc., an Executive Chairman by TerraPass, Inc., a President & Chief Executive Officer by Expedia, Inc., a Chief Executive Officer-Travel Division by IAC/InterActiveCorp., a Principal by Microsoft Corp., and a President & Chief Executive Officer by Travelscape.com, Inc.

He also served on the board at Choose Energy, Inc., Points International Ltd., Camp Nominingue, Inc., Farecast, Inc., Online Ventures Pty Ltd., Points.com, Inc. and ShareBuilder Corp.

He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University, a graduate degree from San Francisco State University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.