Susan L. Decker has been a director of Berkshire Hathaway since 2007 and is the Board's lead independent director and chair of its Audit Committee. She is Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Raftr, a community experience platform. From June 2000 to April 2009 she held various executive management positions at Yahoo! Inc., including President, head of the Advertiser and Publisher Group, and Chief Financial Officer. Decker is a Chartered Financial Analyst and served on the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council from 2000 to 2004; she also serves on the boards of Costco Wholesale Corporation, Vail Resorts, Chime and Automattic.