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Sonita Lontoh

Alpha Partner and independent director of Sunrun and TrueBlue

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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

Alpha Governance Group, PBC logo

Partner

Alpha Governance Group, PBC

Verified · Alpha Council biography

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

Verified · TrueBlue director biography

Before 2018 · dates not fully disclosed

Director of Marketing

Trilliant

Verified · TrueBlue director biography

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

Verified · TrueBlue director biography

Year not disclosed

Master of Business Administration

Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management

Verified · TrueBlue director biography

Year not disclosed