Nextdoor announced that Dana Evan has joined its Board of Directors and Audit and Risk Committee, effective October 17, 2023. Evan will serve as an independent member of the Board and will assume the role of Chairperson of the Audit and Risk Committee effective November 7, 2023. Evan is a business leader with a distinguished career as an operating and finance executive, as well as an independent board member in the technology industry.

She also served as a Venture Partner at Icon Ventures and brings over 15 years of experience serving on both private and public company boards. Evan currently serves as an independent director at Box, Inc., Farfetch, Motive, and Pendo, where she serves as the chair or a member of the Nominating and Governance, Compensation, ESG, and Audit Committees. She previously spent over a decade as the founding Chief Financial Officer of Verisign Inc., where she was instrumental in leading the company from a venture-backed startup to a leading global corporation with over 5,000 employees and almost $2 billion in revenue.