Board of Directors

David Wright is a co-founder of Pattern and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our board of directors since our inception. From 2004 to 2015, Mr. Wright held various roles within a large non-profit organization, including director of enterprise information management and database team manager.

Melanie Alder is a co-founder of Pattern and has served as our Secretary and as a member of our board of directors since our inception. Ms. Alder served as our Chief Operating Officer from January 2013 to May 2018, Chief Investment Officer from May 2018 to February 2024 and Chief Strategy Officer since February 2024.

John Bailey has served as a member of Pattern’s board of directors since September 2021. Mr. Bailey is the founder of Knox Lane, an investment firm focused on the consumer and technology-enabled services sectors, and has served as its managing partner since August 2019. Mr. Bailey previously served as the president and chief financial officer of e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (NYSE: ELF), a multi-brand beauty company, from August 2015 to March 2019, and served as its lead board member from January 2014 to August 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Bailey served as a partner for TPG Growth, TPG’s middle-market buyout and growth equity arm. Mr. Bailey currently serves and/or has previously served as a director of several portfolio companies of Knox Lane and TPG. Mr. Bailey holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance/Accounting from the University of Michigan Business School.

Scott Hilton has served as a member of Pattern’s board of directors since January 2023. Mr. Hilton served as the chief executive officer of Wonder, an ecommerce food company, from December 2019 to January 2023. Mr. Hilton served as Walmart’s chief revenue officer of U.S. eCommerce from January 2017 to May 2019 and as chief revenue officer for the ecommerce company Jet.com from July 2014 to January 2017. Mr. Hilton holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Puget Sound, a Master of Engineering degree in Engineering Physics from Cornell University, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Ann Mather has served as a member of Pattern’s board of directors since June 2025. Ms. Mather has more than 20 years of experience serving as a finance executive in a number of technology and media companies, particularly public companies, overseeing and assessing company performance. Ms. Mather has served as a member of the board of directors of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), a streaming media company, since 2010 and has served as a member of the board of directors of Bumble, Inc. (NASDAQ: BMBL), an online dating and social networking company, since March 2020 and as the chair of the board of directors since March 2025. Ms. Mather also serves on the board of directors of Veem Inc., a payment service provider, Color Health, Inc., an essential healthcare service provider, Aible, Inc., an enterprise AI solutions provider, and Genesys Inc., a software company. Ms. Mather previously served on the board of directors of Shutterfly, Inc., a photography and image-sharing company from 2013 to 2019, Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ: GLUU), a publisher of mobile games from 2005 to 2021, Airbnb, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABNB), a vacation rental online marketplace company from 2018 to 2021, Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE: ANET), a computer networking company from 2013 to 2022, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) from 2005 to 2023 and Blend Labs, Inc. (NYSE: BLND), a financial services software company, from 2019 to 2024. She has also been an independent trustee to the board of trustees of Dodge & Cox Funds, a mutual fund, since May 2011. From September 1999 to April 2004, Ms. Mather was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Pixar, a computer animation film studio. Prior to her service at Pixar, she was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Village Roadshow Pictures, the film production division of Village Roadshow Limited. Ms. Mather holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge, is an honorary fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and is a chartered accountant. We believe that Ms. Mather is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of her extensive leadership experience at publicly traded companies.

Susan Taylor has served as a member of Pattern’s board of directors since May 2025. Ms. Taylor previously served as chief accounting officer of Meta Platforms, Inc., a social media and technology company, from April 2017 until June 2023. From 2012 to 2017, Ms. Taylor served as vice president, controller and chief accounting officer of LinkedIn Corporation, a professional social networking company. From 2009 to 2012, Ms. Taylor served as the vice president, controller and chief accounting officer of Silver Spring Networks, Inc., a provider of networking solutions, and from 2008 to 2009, Ms. Taylor served as the senior director, accounting policy of Yahoo! Inc. (“Yahoo!”). Prior to Yahoo!, Ms. Taylor spent over thirteen years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, an accounting firm, in various accounting roles. Ms. Taylor holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) in California. We believe that Ms. Taylor is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors because of her extensive financial experience and leadership functions at publicly traded companies.