
Alpha Boardroom · Executive Profile
Sonita Lontoh
Alpha Partner and independent director of Sunrun and TrueBlue
https://www.alpha.ac/boardroom/executives/sonita-lontoh

Board biography
Ms. Lontoh has served as a member of our Board since June 2021. From 2018 to 2022, she served as the Global CMO of Personalization, 3D Printing & Digital Manufacturing at HP Inc., a global technology company. Prior to HP, Ms. Lontoh served as a senior executive at Siemens AG, a global leader in energy automation, smart energy, and digitalization solutions, and at Trilliant, a global provider of energy IoT and smart grid solutions. Earlier in her career, Ms. Lontoh served at PG&E, one of the largest energy providers in the United States.
Ms. Lontoh currently serves as an independent director of TrueBlue Inc. (NYSE: TBI), a global workforce solutions company; a partner at Alpha, an AI governance firm; an advisor to Sway Ventures, a venture capital firm and on the advisory boards of the Kyndryl Institute focusing on AI, cybersecurity and trust, the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation at the University of California Berkeley, and the Abrams Climate Academy at Northwestern University. Ms. Lontoh serves on the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on board culture and on the NACD/World Economic Forum/CGI Climate Advisory Council.
She is also NACD-Directorship Certified, Digital Directors Network-Cybersecurity Certified, NACD Cyber Risk Oversight-Certified, NACD Climate Governance-Certified and has completed the Stanford Directors College and the Harvard Business School Audit and Compensation Committees courses. Ms. Lontoh was inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame, the Women in Manufacturing Hall of Fame, and was a mentor for the US Department of State's TechWomen program. She has also been named to the Future 50 Board Directors by the Financial Times Agenda, the Top 30 AAPI Board Directors by Board Prospect, Directors to Watch by Directors & Board magazine, and the Most Influential Women in Business by the San Francisco Business Times.
Ms. Lontoh earned her B.S. in industrial engineering & operations research from the University of California Berkeley, her master's in engineering in supply chain & logistics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and her MBA in strategy & marketing from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management.
Board service
Independent director
Sunrun Inc.
Verified · Sunrun and TrueBlue records
Since June 2021
Independent director
TrueBlue, Inc.
Audit Committee
Verified · TrueBlue 2026 governance records
Since October 2021
Executive experience
Partner
Alpha Governance Group, PBC
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Current · start date not disclosed
Global CMO, Personalization, 3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing
HP Inc.
Verified · TrueBlue director biography
2018–2022
Senior executive
Siemens AG
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Before 2018 · dates not fully disclosed
Director of Marketing
Trilliant
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Prior role · dates not disclosed in current biography
Education and credentials
BS, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
University of California, Berkeley
Verified · TrueBlue director biography
Year not disclosed
Master of Engineering, Supply Chain and Logistics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Year not disclosed
Master of Business Administration
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
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Year not disclosed
