Management Team

Zander is CEO of SurveyMonkey and serves on its board of directors, which he has been a part of since 2009. Previously, Zander was Senior Vice President of Entertainment at GoPro; he has served on the company’s board of directors since 2016. Prior to GoPro, Zander was SVP of Strategic Development at CBS Corporation, via its acquisition of CNET Networks, where he served as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development. Zander began his career in the technology investment banking group at JPMorgan, leading equity transactions and mergers and acquisitions in the Internet sector. He holds a JD and an MBA from Emory University, and a BA in Political Science from the University of Washington. Zander co-founded the California-based nonprofit organization CoachArt, which serves chronically ill children and their siblings.

Mr. Hale has served as our President since July 2016. Prior to joining us, Mr. Hale served as Chief Operating Officer of HomeAway, an internet marketplace for vacation rentals and as HomeAway’s Chief Product Officer from July 2010 to April 2015. Mr. Hale currently serves on the board of directors of Cars.com, an automotive website, and previously served on the board of directors of Intralinks, a global technology provider, until its acquisition by Synchronoss Technologies in January 2017, and the board of directors of ReachLocal, an online marketing and advertising solution provider, until its acquisition by Gannett Co. in August 2016. Mr. Hale holds an A.B. in history and literature from Harvard University.

Ms. Blum has served as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since January 2017. Prior to joining us, Ms. Blum spent over six years at LinkedIn, a professional social media networking company, from June 2010 to January 2017 in various legal leadership roles, including most recently as Vice President, Legal-Corporate. Prior to LinkedIn, Ms. Blum was in private practice for over ten years, including serving as a Partner in capital markets at Jones Day and a Shareholder at Heller Ehrman. Ms. Blum holds a J.D. from UCLA and a B.A. in history from the University of California, Berkeley.

Ms. Cantieri has served as our Chief People Officer since February 2018, and previously served as our Senior Vice President, Human Resources from January 2016 to January 2018 and our VP, Human Resources from September 2011 to January 2016. Prior to joining us, Ms. Cantieri spent over eleven years at Yahoo!, an internet services provider, in various human resources leadership roles, including as Senior Director, Human Resources and Director, Human Resources (Mergers & Acquisitions). Ms. Cantieri holds a B.A. in public administration from San Diego State University and an M.B.A from San Francisco State University.

Mr. Cohen has served as our Chief Research Officer since April 2016 and previously served as our Vice President of Survey Research beginning in January 2014. Prior to joining us, from September 2013 until January 2014, Mr. Cohen was Vice President of Research at the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan fact tank. From 2006 to 2013, he was Director of Polling and Polling Editor of The Washington Post, where he was also General Manager Capital Insight at Washington Post Media from 2012 to 2013. From 2005 to 2006, Mr. Cohen was Assistant Director of Polling at ABC News. He holds a B.A. in history from Johns Hopkins University and an M.A. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Ms. Ducot has served as our Chief Technology Officer since October 2017. Prior to joining us, Ms. Ducot served first as Vice President of Product Development and then as Senior Vice President of Product Engineering at DocuSign, an e-signature company, from February 2012 to October 2017 and as Vice President of Engineering at Eventbrite, an event management platform, from September 2010 to October 2011. Ms. Ducot holds a B.S. in computer science from the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Mr. Schoenstein has served as our Chief Sales Officer since September 2017. Prior to joining us, Mr. Schoenstein served as Vice President of Sales at Adobe, a computer software company, from January 2016 to August 2017, Vice President of Sales and Merchant Development, Marketplaces at eBay, an e-commerce company, from August 2014 to January 2016 and at Amazon.com, an electronic commerce and cloud computing company, as General Manager of Amazon Payments from January 2013 to August 2014 and as General Manager of Global Sales and Business Development of Amazon Marketplace from February 2012 to January 2013. Mr. Schoenstein holds a B.A. in english and history from Notre Dame de Namur University.

Leela joined SurveyMonkey in April 2018 and leads all marketing functions including brand strategy, growth marketing, product marketing, and communications. Previously, she served as Chief Marketing Officer at Lever where she was responsible for all aspects of marketing and partnered with the People team on employer branding initiatives. Prior to that, Leela served as VP of marketing at OpenTable, where she built product marketing from scratch and established the foundations of a B2B marketing team. Additionally, Leela was director of marketing at LinkedIn within the Talent Solutions business, where she co-founded the Talent Connect conference. She also spent three years in management consulting at Bain & Company, and five years in sales. Leela also serves on the board of UpWork, a global freelancing website. She earned her MBA in general management from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and her MA in history and English literature from the University of Edinburgh in her native Scotland.