Corporate Governance

Michael Walrath is CEO and Chair of the Board at Yext. He has served on the Yext board since 2009 and as Chair of the Board since 2011. Michael co-founded WGI Group, LLC, to provide growth capital to early and expansion stage startups in enterprise software, consumer internet and digital media industries. Previously, Michael was co-founder and Chairman of Moat Inc. which was acquired by Oracle in April 2017. In 2003, Michael founded Right Media - the world’s first open exchange for digital advertising. He served as Chairman and CEO of the company until its acquisition by Yahoo! in July 2007. At Yahoo!, he was responsible for the operation of the global advertising marketplaces organization. Mr. Walrath holds a B.A. in English from the University of Richmond.

Mark Davis has served as a director since June 2024. From December 2024 to February 2026, Mr. Davis served as Senior Relationship and Growth Advisor at CrossCountry Consulting, where he has served as a member of the Advisory Council since February 2026. From 1997 to September 2024, Mr. Davis served as an audit & assurance partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP, as well as national managing partner of Deloitte Private Enterprises and managing partner of the Long Island office. Mr. Davis has served on the board of directors of Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN), a publicly traded molecular diagnostic testing and precision medicine company, since December 2024, where he serves as chair of the audit committee. Mr. Davis currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Adelphi University. Mr. Davis is also a certified public accountant. Mr. Davis holds a B.B.A. from Adelphi University. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Davis’s financial skills, audit and financial services experience make him a qualified member of our Board.

Jesse Lipson has served as a director since August 2012. Mr. Lipson has served as the founder and chief executive officer of Real Magic since October 2017. From January 2016 to March 2017, Mr. Lipson served as Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Cloud Services at Citrix, a publicly held network software company. Prior to that time, Mr. Lipson was Chief Executive Officer of ShareFile, a network software company, from 2005 to 2011, when it was acquired by Citrix. Mr. Lipson held various leadership positions with Citrix between October 2011 and his appointment as Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Cloud Services in January 2016. Mr. Lipson holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Duke University. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Lipson’s extensive experience as an entrepreneur in the technology industry makes him a qualified member of our Board of Directors.

Andrew Sheehan has served as a director since May 2008 and as our Lead Independent Director since March 2022. Since 2014, Mr. Sheehan has served as the Managing Member of Tippet Venture Partners, a venture capital firm. Mr. Sheehan was a Managing Director of Sutter Hill Ventures, a venture capital firm, from 2007 until February 2021. Mr. Sheehan has served on the Board of Directors of QuinStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: QNST), a publicly held marketing technology company, since February 2017 and also serves on the boards of directors of a number of private companies in the technology industry. Mr. Sheehan holds a B.A. in English from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Sheehan’s leadership experience, expertise as a venture capital investor and knowledge regarding the technology industry make him a qualified member of our Board.

Evan Skorpen has served as a director since October 2022. Mr. Skorpen has served as a Partner and the public portfolio manager at Lead Edge Capital Management, LLC since September 2018. Prior to that, Mr. Skorpen served as an investor at ValueAct Capital from August 2015 to August 2018 and at Hellman & Friedman from July 2013 to July 2015. Mr. Skorpen holds a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from Williams College. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Skorpen’s leadership experience, his expertise as a professional investor and his experience in advising companies make him a qualified member of our Board.

Hillary Smith has served as a director since October 2020. Ms. Smith has served as an operating partner at Craft Ventures since September 2019 and also serves as a consultant to various technology companies. Previously, Ms. Smith served as general counsel at a number of public and private technology companies, most recently Square, Inc. (n/k/a Block, Inc.), from December 2016 to March 2018, as well as Right Media and DoubleClick Inc. From July 2015 to October 2016, Ms. Smith served as general counsel and corporate secretary for Zenefits, and from May 2010 to June 2015, she served as general counsel to SuccessFactors, Inc. Ms. Smith has served on the Board of Directors of QuinStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: QNST), a publicly held marketing technology company, since April 2021 and on the Board of Directors at Elevate Services, Inc., a private company that offers consulting, technology, and services to law departments and law firms, since November 2018. Ms. Smith holds a B.A. in History from Montana State University-Bozeman and a J.D. from Cornell Law School. Our Board of Directors has determined that Ms. Smith’s experience advising technology companies on legal and regulatory matters makes her a qualified member of our Board.

Seth Waugh has served as a director since March 2020. Since July 2025, Mr. Waugh has served as Chairman of Rafferty Holdings. From August 2018 to June 2024, Mr. Waugh served as the Chief Executive Officer of The PGA of America. Mr. Waugh has served as a Senior Advisor at Silver Lake since 2017. Since 2015, Mr. Waugh has served on the board of directors of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN), an investment management holding company. He has also served on the advisory board of Workday, Inc. since June 2014 and as the non-executive chairman of Alex Brown, a division of Raymond James, since September 2016. Previously, he was a Managing Director at Silver Lake, in 2018 and Vice Chairman of Florida East Coast Industries, LLC, the parent company of several commercial real estate, transportation and infrastructure companies based in Florida, from 2013 to 2017. He served on the FINRA Board of Governors from 2009 to 2015. From 2000 to 2013, Mr. Waugh served in various roles at Deutsche Bank Americas, including Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Earlier in his career, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Quantitative Financial Strategies, a hedge fund. Mr. Waugh also served in various capacities at Merrill Lynch over eleven years, including Co-head of Global Debt Markets. Mr. Waugh also serves on the boards of directors of numerous private companies. Mr. Waugh holds a B.A. in Economics and English from Amherst College. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Waugh’s financial skills and investment management and financial services experience make him a qualified member of our Board.