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Upwork Appoints Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri to Board of Directors
Experienced Human Resources Executive and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Expert to Join Board of Directors of the World’s Largest Work Marketplace SANTA
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nExperienced Human Resources Executive and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Expert to Join Board of Directors of the World’s Largest Work Marketplace\n\n SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nUpwork (NASDAQ: UPWK), the world’s largest work marketplace, today announced the appointment of Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri to its Board of Directors.\n\nVazquez-Ubarri currently serves as a Partner and Chief Human Resources Officer of TPG, a leading global alternative asset firm. She is also a member of TPG’s Executive Committee. In her role at TPG, Vazquez-Ubarri oversees the firm’s Human Resources function and provides support and counsel to executives across TPG’s portfolio of more than 200 companies.\n\nPrior to joining TPG in 2018, Vazquez-Ubarri spent 11 years at the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., serving in a variety of roles, most recently as Chief Diversity Officer and Global Head of Talent. Before Goldman Sachs, Vazquez-Ubarri was an associate in the executive compensation and employee benefits group at Shearman & Sterling LLP. She holds a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and an A.B. cum laude in History and Latin American studies from Princeton University.\n\n“We are extremely pleased to welcome Anilu to Upwork’s Board of Directors,” said Hayden Brown, Upwork’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Her extensive accomplishments as a strategic HR executive along with her well-established work in diversity, equity, and inclusion will have a significant positive impact on Upwork as we continue to help our customers discover a transformational new way of working. At Upwork we envision a future in which independent talent works at the heart of every business, and we are excited about the contributions Anilu will make to ensuring that vision becomes a reality.”\n\n“I am honored to be joining Upwork’s Board of Directors. As the pioneer of the work marketplace space, Upwork is truly a visionary company driving the new world of work forward,” said Vazquez-Ubarri. “I’m inspired by the company’s mission of creating economic opportunities so people have better lives, and I look forward to working with the leadership team and the Board to continue to expand the reach and impact of Upwork.”\n\nVazquez-Ubarri is an expert and prominent voice on both human resources and diversity, equity, and inclusion issues. She has been named one of the Mo...