Company: BLND
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001855747-25-000024
Chunk: 11

Company: Blend Labs, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 11
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 Chronosphere, a cloud native monitoring tool, since July 2019, Cato Networks, a network security company, since July 2016, and also serves on the board of directors of several other private companies. Mr. Chen holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Chen was selected to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive experience with technology companies and in the venture capital industry, including with respect to M&A, investments and integration, and risk and cybersecurity matters.

Erin Lantz. Ms. Lantz has served on our board of directors since January 2023. Ms. Lantz has served as the Chief Revenue Officer of Ethos, a fintech company specializing in life insurance since April 2020. She was also the Vice President and General Manager of Mortgages at Zillow Group, Inc., an online real estate database company, where she worked from 2010 through October 2019. She currently serves on the board of Meritage Homes Corporation, a leading homebuilding company. Ms. Lantz served on the board of directors of Washington Federal, Inc., a bank holding company, from September 2016 until August 2018, TrueCar Inc., a leading digital automotive marketplace, from November 2016 until May 2024 and Shelter Acquisition Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company focused on the property technology industry, from July 2021 until December 2022. Ms. Lantz holds a B.A. in Political Science, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Ms. Lantz was selected to serve on the board of directors because of her financial, banking, and technology expertise, as

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well as her M&A, investments and integration expertise. Ms. Lantz also has experience serving on public company boards, and in sales and marketing, and regulatory, governmental and legal matters.

Timothy J. Mayopoulos . Mr. Mayopoulos has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2019. Mr. Mayopoulos previously served as our President from January 2019 to March 2023. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A. in March 2023, and as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Fannie Mae, a government-sponsored enterprise, from June 2012 to October 2018, having previously served in various other