Vijaya Gadde has served as a member of Guardant Health's Board since June 2020 and chairs the Compensation Committee.
Ms. Gadde served as the Chief Legal Officer of Twitter, Inc. from February 2018 to October 2022, and as its Secretary from August 2013 to October 2022, leading its legal, public policy, and trust and safety teams globally before Twitter became a private company. She previously served as Twitter's General Counsel from 2013 to 2018, its head of communications from 2015 to 2016, and as its Director, Legal from 2011 to 2013. Prior to Twitter, Ms. Gadde was Senior Director, Legal at Juniper Networks from 2010 to 2011, and from 2000 to 2010 she was an attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
Ms. Gadde currently serves on the Board of Trustees of NYU Law School and the Board of Directors of Planet Labs PBC, as well as Mercy Corps, a global humanitarian aid and development organization. She also co-founded #Angels, an investment collective focused on funding diverse and ambitious founders. She earned a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.S. in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University.