John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a global leader in research and education, has announced that Peloton’s Chief People & Business Operations Officer and former Amazon executive Mariana Garavaglia has joined the Company’s Board of Directors.
Garavaglia is an accomplished business leader with extensive experience scaling global growth and building company culture at world-class, technology-driven brands. During her 11 years at Amazon, she held leadership positions across human resources, operations and general management. In 2019, Garavaglia joined Peloton as the company’s first-ever Chief People Officer and has since also taken on Business and Technology Operations.
Prior to Peloton, Garavaglia served as Managing Director for Amazon Books and Amazon 4-star curated stores. As Director & Head of Stores and Operations of Amazon Physical Retail, she also launched the brand’s first brick-and-mortar concept store. Throughout her career, she had taken on various roles both in HR, Operations and General Management.
Garavaglia will join other Directors including: Jesse Wiley, Chairman of the Board; Brian Napack, President and CEO of Wiley; Mari Baker, former CEO of PlayFirst; George Bell, Senior Partner, Archer Venture Capital; Beth Birnbaum, former COO of PlayFab; David Dobson, CEO of Epiq; Laurie Leshin, President of Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Raymond McDaniel Jr., CEO of Moody’s Corporation; William Pence, former CTO of AOL; and William Pesce, former President and CEO of Wiley.
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