Yelp Elects Its First Chairwoman
Yelp now ranks among just a handful of tech companies to have appointed a woman to the role of chairperson. On Sunday, USA Today reported that the reviews site had named its first chairwoman: Diane Irvine, who has been on Yelp’s board since 2011, is filling the spot left by the departure of PayPal cofounder Max Levchin, who resigned in July following an underwhelming second-quarter earnings report.
The move is in line with Yelp’s ongoing efforts to increase diversity, which have included hiring a head of diversity and heavily recruiting female engineers. “We want to show that progress in the months and years ahead throughout the company and that would include the board,” Irvine told USA Today. It’s a particularly significant decision given that Yelp’s board has just two women.