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Shannon Nash

Global C-suite leader, Partner at Alpha, and independent board director

https://www.alpha.ac/boardroom/executives/shannon-nash

Shannon Nash

Board biography

Shannon Nash is a global C-suite leader, Qualified Financial Expert, attorney, and CPA with more than 30 years of experience across technology, finance, operations, and governance. Nasdaq and Alpha Council biographies identify her as a Partner at Alpha, where she helps boards and executive teams connect AI governance with the operating realities of technology and enterprise risk.

Vibrant Planet identifies Nash as its Chief Operating and Financial Officer. She previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Wing, an Alphabet company, after executive finance roles at Reputation.com and Inside Source and senior finance leadership at Amgen and Cumulus Media. She began her career at KPMG and Cooley LLP.

Nash serves as an independent director of NETSCOUT Systems and on the boards of SoFi Bank and Lazy Dog Restaurants. Public biographies identify her as Chair of the SoFi Bank Compensation Committee, Chair of the Lazy Dog Audit Committee, and Audit Chair of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, which oversees more than $16 billion in assets. She is a 2025 NACD Directorship 100 honoree and has been recognized among Silicon Valley's 100 Most Influential Women. Her cybersecurity training includes certificates from MIT, the AICPA, and NYU Law and Nasdaq. She created the No Boxes: Just Verses podcast and produced the award-winning films OnBoard and Colored My Mind. She holds BS and JD degrees from the University of Virginia.

Board service

Independent director

NETSCOUT Systems, Inc.

Audit Committee · Financial Expert

Verified · NETSCOUT governance records

Current · start date not disclosed

Board director

SoFi Bank, N.A.

Chair, Compensation Committee

Verified · Nasdaq and NETSCOUT biographies

Current · start date not disclosed

Board director

LDR Holdings, LLC

Chair, Audit Committee · Lazy Dog Restaurants

Verified · NETSCOUT director biography

Current · start date not disclosed

Board director and Audit Chair

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Audit Committee leadership

Verified · SVCF and Nasdaq biographies

Director since 2021 · current

Executive experience

Alpha logo

Partner

Alpha

AI governance · Board advisory

Owner supplied · corroborated by Nasdaq and Alpha Council

Current · start date not disclosed

Chief Operating and Financial Officer

Vibrant Planet

Finance · Operations · Climate intelligence

Verified · Vibrant Planet team biography

Current · start date not disclosed

Chief Financial Officer

Wing

Alphabet company · Autonomous delivery

Verified · NETSCOUT director biography

April 2022–August 2024

Chief Accounting Officer; Chief Financial Officer

Reputation.com

Verified · NETSCOUT director biography

August 2020–April 2022

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer

Inside Source

Verified · NETSCOUT director biography

Before August 2020 · dates not disclosed

Senior finance leadership roles

Amgen and Cumulus Media

Verified · Nasdaq and NETSCOUT biographies

Prior roles · dates not disclosed

Early career in accounting and law

KPMG and Cooley LLP

Verified · Nasdaq professional biography

Dates not disclosed

Education and credentials

Bachelor of Science

University of Virginia

Verified · Nasdaq professional biography

Year not disclosed

Juris Doctor

University of Virginia School of Law

Verified · Nasdaq professional biography

Year not disclosed