Lara Sweet has been a director of MediaAlpha, Inc., since the completion of its initial public offering in October 2020, and serves as the chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee. MediaAlpha uses technology and data science to help businesses optimize their customer acquisition efforts.

Ms. Sweet also serves as an advisor to private technology companies.

From May 2019 to June 2021, Ms. Sweet served as the Chief People Officer at Snap Inc., a technology company and owner of the application Snapchat. Prior to that, Ms. Sweet served as Snap’s interim Chief Financial Officer from January 2019 to May 2019, as Chief Accounting Officer from October 2017 to September 2019, and as Controller from June 2016 to October 2017. During her tenure in these roles, Ms. Sweet was integrally involved in developing and implementing best practices across Snap’s accounting and financial reporting functions.

Prior to Snap, Ms. Sweet served as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at AOL. She has also held the positions of Senior Director, External Reporting at Freddie Mac and Senior Manager, Internal Audit at Marriott International.

Ms. Sweet received a B.S. in Accounting from George Mason University.

Ms. Sweet has been a director since October 2023.
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