Board of Directors

David Blundin, one of our co-founders, has served as chairman of our board of directors since August 2008. Mr. Blundin is the founder of Link Ventures, a venture capital firm, where he has served as managing partner since January 2006. He is also the co-founder of Vestigo Ventures LLC, a venture capital firm, where he has served as managing partner since January 2016. Mr. Blundin is also chairman of the board of Vestmark, Inc., a portfolio management solutions company, where he served as chief executive officer from 2001 to 2008. In June 2005, Mr. Blundin co-founded Cogo Labs, Inc., a venture studio located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he has served as chairman since its founding and also served as chief executive officer until February 2017. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Blundin was the chief executive officer and chairman of DataSage, Inc., a company he founded that used neural network technology for data analytics in industrial applications including online marketing. In 2000, DataSage was acquired by Vignette Corporation, where Mr. Blundin served as chief technologist until 2002. Since 2002, Mr. Blundin has founded and co-founded at least 10 software and internet companies in addition to Vestmark, including Autotegrity, Inc., a data analytics and online marketing company, and CourseAdvisor, an online research company. Prior to 1997, Mr. Blundin was president and chief executive officer of Cirrus Recognition Systems, one of the first commercially successful machine-learning companies. We believe that Mr. Blundin is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive experience as a director of technology companies and deep knowledge of our company. Mr. Blundin holds an S.B. degree in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he researched neural network technology. His thesis at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory was entitled, “Neural Network Simulations on a Connection Machine." Beyond business, Blundin shapes the next generation of entrepreneurs as an instructor for MIT’s popular “Foundations of AI Ventures” course. He also serves on the board of the XPRIZE Foundation and as a Co-Host of the MOONSHOTS podcast, continuing to be an enduring and influential voice in the field he helped create.

Sanju Bansal has served as a member of our board of directors since May 2014. Mr. Bansal has served as chief executive officer of Hunch Analytics, LLC, a data analytics company that he founded, since November 2013. Previously, Mr. Bansal served in various executive leadership positions and as a director of MicroStrategy Incorporated, a worldwide provider of business intelligence software, including as executive vice president from 1993 to 2013 and chief operating officer from 1993 to 2012. Mr. Bansal also served as a member of MicroStrategy’s board of directors from 1993 to 2013, including as vice chairman from November 2000 to November 2013. Mr. Bansal has served as a director of Cvent, Inc., an event management software company, since November 1999. Mr. Bansal also served as a director of CSRA Inc., an information technology services company specializing in national security, from November 2015 to April 2018. Mr. Bansal served as a director of The Advisory Board Company from 2009 until the company’s sale in November 2017. Mr. Bansal holds an S.B. degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.S. degree in computer science from The Johns Hopkins University.

Paul Deninger has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2019. Mr. Deninger is an Operating Partner with Material Impact, a deep tech venture capital firm. He was previously a senior advisor with Evercore, an investment banking advisory firm, from June 2016 to February 2020. Mr. Deninger joined Evercore as a senior managing director in 2011 and was previously a vice chairman at Jefferies, a global securities and investment banking firm, since 2003. Prior to Jefferies, he served as chairman and chief executive officer of Broadview, a technology investment banking firm he joined in 1987, from 1996 until its acquisition by Jefferies in 2003. Mr. Deninger also serves as a director of Resideo Technologies Inc., a publicly held provider of home automation products and services. He holds a B.S. degree from Boston College and an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School.

George Neble has served as a member of our board of directors since May 2018. Since July 2017, Mr. Neble has served as a business consultant and advisor to various emerging growth and technology companies. Mr. Neble served as the audit committee chair and a board member of LumiraDx, a diagnostics company, from July 2020 until its sale to Roche in 2024.. Mr. Neble also served as a director of Real Goods Solar, Inc., a publicly held provider of solar equipment from June 2019 to July 2021. Mr. Neble currently serves as a director of Intapp, Inc., a publicly held leading provider of cloud-based and AI driven software solutions for the financial and professional services industries, since June 2021. From 2012 to June 2017, Mr. Neble served as managing partner of the Boston office of Ernst & Young LLP, an accounting firm. Prior to that, Mr. Neble was a senior assurance partner at Ernst & Young from 2002 to 2012. Mr. Neble is a certified public accountant. He holds a B.S. degree in accounting from Boston College.

John Shields has served as a member of our board of directors since May 2018. He has served as the president of Advisor Guidance, Inc., a business consulting firm, since 2010, as a trustee of Domini Investment Trust, a registered investment company, since 2004, as a director of Vestmark, Inc., an AI powered portfolio management solutions company, since December 2015, as a director of Cogo Labs, Inc., an AI focused startup incubator, since May 2008, and as a consultant in the financial services industry since 2002. From October 2016 to June 2018, Mr. Shields served as managing director, head of risk and regulatory compliance consulting at CFGI, LLC, a financial consulting firm. From January 2014 to October 2016, he served as director, head of investment management consulting at Navigant Consulting, Inc. From 1998 to 2002, he served as chief executive officer of Citizens Advisers, Inc., an investment management company, chief executive officer of Citizens Securities, Inc., a registered broker-dealer, and President and Interested Trustee of the Citizens Funds mutual fund complex. Mr. Shields is a certified public accountant (inactive). He holds a B.S. degree in accounting from Saint Peter’s University. We believe that Mr. Shields is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his financial and accounting expertise.

Mira Wilczek has served as a member of our board of directors since February 2017. Since December 2019, Ms. Wilczek has served as a general partner of XLIX Ventures, where she helps startups with security and AI/ML strategy. She served as a managing director and advisor at Link Ventures, a venture capital firm, from June 2015 to June 2021. She previously served as president and chief executive officer of Cogo Labs, Inc., a big data startup incubator, from October 2016 to November 2019 and was entrepreneur in residence at Cogo Labs from December 2013 until February 2017. From 2012 to 2013, Ms. Wilczek was founder and CEO at Red Panda Security, a research consultancy, and was PI for its DARPA contract to develop ML-centric mobile security solutions. From 2009 to 2012, she served as director of business development at Lyric Semiconductor, an early Bayesian processor company, and won industry recognition including TR50, Silicon 60, and an EE Times ACE Award. Ms. Wilczek holds an S.B. degree in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT and an M.B.A. degree from MIT Sloan.

Jayme has been the CEO of EverQuote since 2020. He previously served as our President and Chief Operating Officer, and before that Chief Revenue Officer. Prior to joining EverQuote, served in various leadership roles in tech after an early career in management consulting. He holds a degree in Finance and Economics from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from Harvard Business School.