Sector: Information Technology
Director information for VIASAT INC (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Frenkel | Director | 63 | ["Director of Viasat since 2025","Member of the Executive Board – Procurement at Porsche AG from August 2021 to August 2025","Member of the Supervisory Board from January 2019 to August 2021","Vice President, European Region","Vice President, Network Management and Development","Director, Global Sales Training","Director, Quality Systems and Methods","Responsible for sustainability activities at Porsche AG","Earned a vordiplom from the Universitat Bayreuth in Chemistry","Diploma from the Leibniz University Hanover in Rubber Technology","Deep automotive and transport-sector expertise"] | ["Supervisory Board of HELM AG"] | 2026 |
| Jinhy Yoon | Director | 54 | ["public company director and investor","more than 20 years of experience","served on the board of directors of Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc.","oversaw financial reporting and internal controls","spent 14 years at PIMCO as Executive Vice President and Credit Analyst","served as Sector Lead for Technology, Media, and Telecommunications"] | ["audit","compensation"] | 2026 |
| John Stenbit | Chair; Director | 86 | ["Consultant for various government and commercial clients","Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence","Former Assistant Secretary of Defense of Networks and Information Integration","Former Executive Vice President at TRW, Inc.","Fulbright Fellow","Aerospace Corporation Fellow","Board member of private and public companies in various industries","Chair of the R&D Advisory Committees for the Federal Aviation Administration and the CIA","Member of the Advisory Board of the NSA","Expertise in communications, aerospace and satellite fields"] | ["Audit Committee","Compensation and Human Resources Committee","Nomination, Evaluation and Corporate Governance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Mark Dankberg | Director; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | 71 | ["Founder of Viasat","Former member of the board of directors of companies in various industries, including communications","Assistant Vice President of M/A-COM Linkabit","Communications Engineer for Rockwell International Corporation","Holds B.S.E.E. and M.E.E. degrees from Rice University"] | ["Audit Committee","Compensation and Human Resources Committee","Nomination, Evaluation and Corporate Governance Committee","Banking and Finance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Michael Paull | CEO and member of the board of directors | 54 | ["20 years of consumer product development","technology","content distribution and acquisition","media industry experience","executive leadership at global content developers and distributors"] | ["Audit Committee","Compensation and Human Resources Committee"] | 2026 |
| Richard Baldridge | Chair; Director | 68 | ["Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Viasat","President and Chief Operating Officer at Viasat","President and Chief Executive Officer at Viasat","Vice Chairman at Viasat","Director of EvoNexus","Former director of Ducommun Incorporated","Vice President and General Manager of Raytheon Corporation’s Training Systems Division","Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Hughes Information Systems","Various senior financial and general management roles with General Dynamics Corporation","B.S.B.A. degree in Information Systems from New Mexico State University"] | [] | 2026 |
| Sean Pak | Director (Lead Independent Director) | 53 | ["partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP since 2009","Co-Chair of National Intellectual Property Litigation Practice","litigator with experience in patents, trade secrets, copyrights and intellectual property","J.D. degree (cum laude) from Harvard Law School","B.S. and M. Eng. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT","expertise in intellectual property development, strategy and enforcement","experience in satellite systems, electrical engineering and computer science"] | ["Banking and Finance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Shekar Ayyar | Director | 62 | ["Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arrcus, Inc.","Executive Vice President and General Manager of VMware’s Telco and Edge Cloud business","Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at VMware","Board member of Altair Engineering"] | [] | 2026 |
| Theresa Wise | Director | 59 | ["Chief Executive Officer and principal for Utaza, LLC, an information technology consulting company","Former Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Delta Air Lines","Chief Information Officer at Northwest Airlines Corporation","B.A. degree in mathematics and chemistry from St. Olaf College","Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in applied math from Cornell University","Expertise in applying IT strategy and data analytics"] | ["Audit Committee","Compensation and Human Resources Committee"] | 2026 |
| William LaPlante | Director | 62 | ["Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment","President and Chief Executive Officer of Draper Laboratory","Senior Vice President and General Manager at MITRE National Security","Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics","26 years at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory","Member of several government scientific boards and commissions focused on national security","B.S. in engineering physics from the University of Illinois","M.S. in applied physics from The Johns Hopkins University","Doctorate in mechanical engineering from the Catholic University of America"] | [] | 2026 |
