Ellen F. Siminoff is President and CEO of Shmoop University, Inc., an educational publishing company. From February 2004 to February 2008, Ms. Siminoff served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Efficient Frontier, Inc., a provider of paid search engine marketing solutions, and she served as chairman of its board of directors from February 2008 to September 2009. Prior to that, from 1996 to 2002, Ms. Siminoff served in various capacities at Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), an internet company, including as Senior Vice President of Entertainment and Small Business, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, and Vice President, Business Development and Planning. Ms. Siminoff also served on the board of directors of SolarWinds, Inc. until it was taken private in 2016, and served on the boards of directors of Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ: GLUU) from June 2008 through the end of her term in June 2011, Journal Communications, Inc. (NYSE: JRN) from 2007 through the end of her term in May 2013, and US Auto Parts Network, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRTS) from 2006 through the end of her term in July 2013. She has also served on the boards of private companies, including Mozilla Corporation, a software company.

Ms. Siminoff holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University.

Director since:  2012

Age:  50

Current Committees:
Audit, Nominating and Corporate Governance

Independent

Qualifications

Ms. Siminoff was selected to serve on the Board due to her breadth of experience in emerging growth and technology companies, experience as a director of several public companies, and success in a variety of industries.