Sumaiya Balbale has served on the Board of Directors of Shake Shack since March 2019. Ms. Balbale currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer for Sequoia Capital, which she joined in June 2020. Ms. Balbale previously served as the Vice President of E-commerce, Mobile and Digital Marketing for Walmart US, from February 2017 until her resignation from the company in February 2019. At Walmart she led e-commerce marketing and transformed the digital media, social media, marketing analytics and marketing technology capabilities of the company. Ms. Balbale joined Walmart after the retailer purchased Jet.com in 2016. At Jet.com she served as the Vice President of Marketing from September 2014 through October 2017, where she led all consumer marketing including brand, acquisition and retention efforts. During the first year of the acquisition, Ms. Balbale continued to operate in a dual capacity for both Jet.com and Walmart. From 2010 through 2014, Ms. Balbale worked for Quidsi, a collection of specialty e-commerce verticals that was acquired by Amazon during her tenure. Ms. Balbale graduated with a B.A. degree in History from Brown University in 2002, and received her MBA from Harvard Business School in 2009. In 2018, Ms. Balbale was named to Fortune’s 40 under 40 list.
Key Skills and Experience: Ms. Balbale brings to her service on our Board of Directors particular knowledge and experience in e-commerce, mobile and digital marketing as well as digital and social media brand management.