Christopher Claus has served as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2014 and as Chairman of the Board since February 2016. From December 1994 to March 2014, Mr. Claus served in various senior executive roles at USAA, a Fortune 150 diversified financial services company, most recently as Executive Vice President of USAA Enterprise Advice Group and President of USAA Financial Services Group. Previously, he served as the Senior Vice President and then President of USAA Investment Management Company. Mr. Claus also served as the Vice President of Investment Sales and Service. Prior to USAA, Mr. Claus was Vice President of Equity Trading and Retirement Plans at Norwest Investment Services, Inc. In June 2017, Mr. Claus joined the board of directors of Citizens, Inc., a provider of insurance and reinsurance services. Mr. Claus holds a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota—Duluth and an M.B.A. from the University of St. Thomas.
 

Robert Buce has served as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2005. Mr. Buce served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from September 2005 to September 2008. Prior to joining us, Mr. Buce founded and served as Chief Financial Officer and a senior member of the management team of Build-To-Order, Inc., an automotive company focused on modularized outsourced manufacturing of vehicles. Prior to Build-To-Order, Mr. Buce held a variety of senior management positions, including Managing Partner, at KPMG LLP, an accounting and advisory firm, and Managing Director at BearingPoint, Inc., a related consulting firm. Mr. Buce also served on the board of directors of KPMG LLP from March 1991 to November 1995. Since July 2000 Mr. Buce has served as Chairman of PalisadesHoldings, a sole proprietorship providing independent advisory assistance to a variety of technology services and consumer products and services commercial enterprises. Mr. Buce served on the board of Intersection Technologies, Inc., parent company of F&I Express, a provider of software and services to the automotive industry. Mr. Buce is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) in the State of California and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Buce holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University and an M.B.A. from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.
 

Barbara Carbone has served as a member of our Board of Directors since August 2020. Since September 2019, Ms. Carbone has served on the KPMG Retired Partners Council. From 1981 through September 2019, she served in a number of accounting- and auditing-related roles at KPMG LLP, a multinational accounting and advisory firm. Ms. Carbone currently serves as a member of the board of directors, and chair of the audit committee, of Side by Side, a community-based, non-profit organization serving at-risk youth and their families, and the Exploratorium, a museum of science, technology and arts in San Francisco. From September 1998 through December 2019, she served as a member of the board of directors, and chair of the audit committee, of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, the largest certifier of women-owned businesses in the United States and a leading advocate for women business owners and entrepreneurs. Ms. Carbone has a B.S. in Business Administration (Accountancy) from California State University at Sacramento.

Mike Darrow is the President and Chief Executive Officer of TrueCar, Inc.  He has more than 30 years of experience working in the automotive industry.

Mike joined TrueCar in 2017, serving as our Executive Vice President of OEM and Partner Development and President of ALG before being appointed President and Chief Executive Officer. Before joining TrueCar, Mike held leadership roles over 14 years at Edmunds.com, including Chief Executive Officer of Edmunds Data Services and Chief Sales Officer. Before joining Edmunds, Mike spent nearly 20 years with Chrysler and Nissan in a variety of leadership roles in Sales, Marketing and Incentives.
 
Mike holds a B.S. in Economics from Allegheny University.
 

Erin Lantz has served as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2016. Ms. Lantz is a technology executive and strategic general manager. Most recently she was the Vice President and General Manager of Mortgages at Zillow Group where she worked from 2010 through the fall of 2019. Just prior to Zillow, Ms. Lantz was Senior Vice President at Bank of America where she led the Direct-to-Consumer purchase home loan business. Before entering the mortgage industry, she worked at the Boston Consulting Group. Ms. Lantz also served on the Board of Directors of Washington Federal, Inc. Ms. Lantz holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Phil McKoy has served as a member of our Board since October 2018. Since July 2016, McKoy has served as the Chief Information Officer of United Healthcare Services, Inc., a business of UnitedHealth Group, a diversified health and well-being company. From January 2016 to June 2016, McKoy served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Global Loyalty Solutions at Aimia Inc., a data-driven marketing and loyalty analytics company, and from July 2014 to December 2015, McKoy served as Aimia’s Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Region. Before joining Aimia, McKoy served in various roles at Target Corporation, a U.S. department store retailer, including as Vice President of Target.com from November 2011 through January 2014, where he was responsible for leading the customer-facing digital experience. Mr. McKoy has a B.A. in Political Science from Washington and Lee University and an M.A. in International Affairs from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.

John Mendel has served as a member of our Board of Directors since May 2017. Mr. Mendel was the Executive Vice President, Automobile Division, of American Honda Motor Company from November 2004 until April 2017. Prior to Honda, Mr. Mendel worked for Ford Motor Company from July 1976 until November 2004 where he most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of Mazda America. Mr. Mendel has a B.A. in business and economics from Austin College and an M.B.A. from Duke University.

 

Wesley Nichols has served as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2016. Since January 2017, Mr. Nichols has been advising select portfolio companies of Upfront Ventures as a Board Partner. Mr. Nichols was the Chief Strategy Officer of Neustar, Inc., a global provider of real-time information services and analytics from December 2015 until February 2017. Mr. Nichols co-founded MarketShare, LLC, a provider of advanced analytic solutions and software in 2005 and served as its Chief Executive Officer from January 2005 until its acquisition by Neustar in December 2015. Mr. Nichols has served on the board of directors of BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. since December 2013 and the board of directors of comScore, Inc. since October 2017. Mr. Nicholas has also served on the board of trustees of Randolph-Macon College since October 2012. Mr. Nichols holds a B.A. from Randolph-Macon College and an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University.