Board of Directors

Noah Glass is our Founder and Chief Executive Officer. He has served as a member of our board of directors since the company’s inception in 2005. Prior to founding Olo, Mr. Glass held the position of International Expansion Manager for Endeavor Global, Inc., or Endeavor, a non-profit global organization leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement, where he launched the first African Endeavor affiliate. In addition to serving as our Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Glass also serves on the board of directors of Portillo’s, a fast casual, chain based restaurant specializing in Chicago-style food, on the board of directors of Share Our Strength, a non-profit focused on ending childhood hunger in the United States, as well as the board of trustees for the Culinary Institute of America, providing guidance and advisory to the world’s premier culinary college.

Mr. Glass holds a B.A. in Political Science (International Relations) from Yale University.

Brandon Gardner has served as a member of our board of directors since January 2016 and as Chairman of our board of directors since June 2017. Mr. Gardner is a Founding Partner and the President of The Raine Group, a global merchant bank dedicated to the technology, media and telecommunications sectors. Prior to Raine, Mr. Gardner founded and was the Senior Operating Officer of Serengeti Asset Management LP, a multi-strategy investment advisor. During his tenure at Serengeti, Mr. Gardner was an active member of the investment team, managing sector- and strategy-specific portfolios as well as the firm’s private investment opportunities. Prior to joining Serengeti in 2007, Mr. Gardner was a practicing attorney at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP from 1999 to 2007. Mr. Gardner serves on the boards of numerous companies held in the Raine investment portfolio.

Mr. Gardner holds a B.A. from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, a B.S. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Columbia University.

Colin Neville has served as a member of our board of directors since January 2016. Mr. Neville is a Partner at The Raine Group, a global merchant bank dedicated to the technology, media and telecommunications sectors, and has been with the firm since its inception in 2009. Prior to joining Raine, Mr. Neville worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch with a focus on technology, media and telecom. Mr. Neville sits on the boards of several companies held in the Raine investment portfolio.

Mr. Neville holds a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University.

David Frankel has served as a member of our board of directors since August 2005. Mr. Frankel is a Managing Partner of Founder Collective, a seed-stage venture capital firm, which he co-founded in 2009. Previously, Mr. Frankel was the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Internet Solutions, an internet service provider acquired by Dimension Data, which was later acquired by NTT Group. Mr. Frankel serves on the boards of numerous companies held in the Founder Collective investment portfolio.

Mr. Frankel holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Witwatersrand and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Daniel Meyer has served as a member of the board of directors since October 2014. Mr. Meyer is the founder and Executive Chairman of Union Square Hospitality Group, or USHG, which owns and operates an event services business, Union Square Events, as well as the following restaurants: Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, Blue Smoke, Jazz Standard, The Modern, the Cafes at MOMA, Maialino, Untitled, Studio Cafe, Porchlight, Marta, Cafe Marchio, Vini E Fritti, Maialino Mare, and Daily Provisions. The restaurants have earned 28 James Beard Awards among them. Mr. Meyer is also the founder of Shake Shack, where he is Chairman of the Board. Mr. Meyer previously served as a member of the board of directors of The Container Store from 2013 to 2017, Sotheby’s from 2011 to 2015 and OpenTable from 2000 through 2014, as well as the following organizations: Trinity College, Share Our Strength, Union Square Partnership, Madison Square Park Conservancy, and NYC & Co.

Mr. Meyer holds a B.A. in Political Science from Trinity College.

Linda Rottenberg has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2016. Ms. Rottenberg is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Endeavor, a global nonprofit organization that catalyzes economic growth by selecting, mentoring and accelerating high-impact entrepreneurs around the world. With 60 offices spanning the world, Endeavor identifies, selects, and co-invests in high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging and underserved markets, including secondary U.S. cities. Ms. Rottenberg also oversees the Endeavor Catalyst LP Fund, which currently has over $200M assets under management, and co-invests in the equity financing rounds of Endeavor Entrepreneurs. In addition to her responsibilities at Endeavor, Ms. Rottenberg is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization. Ms. Rottenberg sits on the boards of several technology companies, including Zayo Group, LLC and Globant, LLC.

Ms. Rottenberg holds a B.A. in Social Studies from Harvard University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

Russell Jones has served as a member of the board of directors since June 2020. Mr. Jones currently serves as a director at Sierra Wireless and The Ottawa Hospital Foundation. Mr. Jones has extensive experience in the technology industry and has demonstrated experience in financial oversight and reporting. Previously, Mr. Jones served as Chief Financial Officer of Shopify Inc. from 2011 through 2018. Mr. Jones has also held senior executive roles at a number of companies including Mitel Corporation, Newbridge Networks, Watchfire, Quake Technologies, and Xambala Incorporated. He also co-founded a CFO advisory firm focused on early stage technology companies.

Mr. Jones is a FCPA, FCA and holds a B.Com in Accounting from Carleton University and an ICD.D certification from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Zuhairah Washington has served as a member of our board of directors since November 2020. She is currently the President of Otrium, an online fashion marketplace. From 2019 to 2021, Ms. Washington served as SVP and Global Head of Strategic Partners at Expedia Group, whose brands include Expedia, Hotels.com, Orbitz and VRBO. Prior to her tenure at Expedia Group, from 2018 to 2019, she was at Egon Zehnder, a global management consulting and executive search firm, and from 2013 to 2018, at Uber, where she grew businesses from startup to scale and ran one of the top five U.S. markets. She founded Kahnoodle, which was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Brilliant Companies of 2012. Ms. Washington also sits on the board of directors of Five Below.

Ms. Washington earned a joint graduate degree: a J.D. from Harvard Law School and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and graduated magna cum laude from UCLA with a B.A. in political science and public policy.

David Cancel has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2022. Mr. Cancel is best known for creating hypergrowth products and product teams. Mr. Cancel is the co-founder and executive chairman of Drift.com, Inc. ("Drift"). Prior to co-founding Drift, he served as the Chief Product Officer at HubSpot, Inc. and has spent much of his 25+ year career as a serial entrepreneur, founding multiple technology companies including Performable, Inc., Ghostery, Inc., and Compete, Inc. Mr. Cancel is also a podcast host, advisor, guest lecturer, and author on topics relevant to scaling and growing technology companies Mr. Cancel attended Queens College of The City University of New York. Additionally, Mr. Cancel is a member of and proud advocate for the LatinX technology community.