Janice Sears Director and Chairperson Sonder Board Member since: 2021From April 1988 to January 2009, Janice Sears served in a variety of positions at Banc of America Securities, an investment bank, including most recently as the Managing Director, Western Region Head in the Real Estate, Gaming & Lodging Investment Banking Group. She concurrently served as the San Francisco Market President for Bank of America, a financial services company. Prior to this, Sears was a Real Estate Economist at both Chemical Bank and Citicorp. She serves on the board of directors at Invitation Homes Inc., a single-family home rental business. Sears previously served on the board of Essex Property Trust Inc., a multi-family real estate investment trust, BioMed Realty Trust, a life sciences real estate investment trust sold to Blackstone Real Estate, and several non-profit organizations and private companies, including The Swig Company, an owner of office buildings in New York and California. Sears holds a B.A. in both Economics and Marketing from the University of Delaware. Erin Wallace Director Sonder Board Member since: 2025 Erin Wallace brings over three decades of operations expertise across the hospitality, entertainment and resort industries. She spent the majority of her career at The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”), where she held various senior executive roles across its theme parks and resorts business, including overseeing global guest-facing operations for all lines of business. Following her retirement from Disney, she held subsequent executive roles as Chief Operating Officer of Great Wolf Resorts, Inc., where she led operations for the company’s entire lodge footprint across the U.S. and oversaw new lodge openings with next-generation brand standards and standard operating procedures, and as Chief Operating Officer of The Learning Care Group, Inc., where she led operations of over 900 early childhood education centers across the U.S. She currently serves on the board of directors of FirstService Corporation and Coast Entertainment Holdings Limited. Chair of the Nominating, Corporate Governance, and Social Responsibility CommitteeMember of the Compensation CommitteeMember of the Audit Committee Frits Dirk van Paasschen Director Sonder Board Member since: 2020 Frits Dirk van Paasschen has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, LLC, a hotel company acquired by Marriott International, Inc. Prior to joining Starwood, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Coors Brewing Company from February 2005 to September 2007. He serves on the board of directors at Royal DSM, a Netherlands-based science company specializing in nutrition and health; Williams-Sonoma, Inc., a consumer retail company specializing in kitchen-wares and home furnishings; and Crown PropTech Acquisitions, a special purpose acquisition company. Van Paasschen also serves on the board of directors of several private companies and as an advisor to a global investment firm. Van Paasschen holds a B.A. in Economics and Biology from Amherst College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Member of the Audit CommitteeMember of the Investment Committee Jeffrey Stein Director Sonder Board Member since: 2025 Jeffrey Stein has served as Chief Restructuring Officer for Linqto Inc. since May 2025, and Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Breakpoint Partners LLC, a boutique corporate advisory and investment banking firm that provides consulting services to companies navigating complex transactions, challenging capital structures, and strategic transformations, since April 2025. Mr. Stein previously served as Founder and Managing Partner of Stein Advisors LLC, a financial advisory firm that provided consulting services to public and private companies and institutional investors. Previously, Mr. Stein was a Co-Founder and Principal of Durham Asset Management LLC (“Durham”), a global event-driven distressed debt and special situations equity asset management firm, from January 2003 to December 2009, and was responsible for the identification, evaluation and management of investments for the various Durham portfolios. Prior to this, Mr. Stein served in a variety of roles for finance and investment firms, primarily focused on distressed debt and special situations equity asset classes. Mr. Stein currently serves as an independent director on the board of directors of Sunnova Energy International Inc. since April 2025, executive chairman of the board of directors of Tribune Resources, Inc. since April 2021, liquidating trustee of Philadelphia Energy Solutions, LLC (“PES”) since July 2020, liquidating trustee and plan administrator of Ditech Holding Corporation since October 2019, chairman of the board of directors of Ambac Financial Group, Inc. since January 2015 and as independent director since May 2013. Mr. Stein previously served as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Restructuring Officer and director of Rite Aid Corporation from October 2023 to September 2024, as independent director of Troika Media Group, Inc. from November 2022 to March 2024, as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Restructuring Officer, and chairman of the board of directors of GWG Holdings, Inc. from June 2022 to July 2023, as Chief Restructuring Officer and chairman of the restructuring & transformation committee of Liberty Steel Group Holdings Pte. Ltd. from May 2021 to March 2023, as Chief Restructuring Officer of Whiting Petroleum Corporation from March 2020 to August 2020, as Chief Restructuring Officer and director of PES from July 2019 to June 2020, and as Chief Restructuring Officer of Westmoreland Coal Company from March 2019 to December 2022. Mr. Stein has also previously served as a director on the board of directors for several other companies. Mr. Stein received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Brandeis University and a Master of Business Administration with Honors in Finance and Accounting from New York University. Michelle Frymire Director Sonder Board Member since: 2022 Michelle Frymire is a senior executive with 30 years of experience in driving growth and transformation at both public and private companies worldwide. Most recently, Michelle led CWT through the impact of the global pandemic as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the company’s board of directors. CWT is the world’s second largest corporate travel management company serving over 5,500 clients across 140+ countries around the world, including many of the Fortune 500 and the U.S. military and government. Prior to her appointment as CEO in April 2021, she was President and Chief Financial Officer where she oversaw the company’s finance, strategy, technology, human resources and transformation efforts. Michelle played a key role in the company’s successful evolution to the world’s leading digital travel management company, and under her leadership the company navigated the impact of the pandemic, both operationally and financially. She was named to the BTN’s 25 most influential leaders in business travel, listed as one of 7 individuals on BTN Europe’s 2022 Hotlist, and named one of the Top 20 women in Travel and Hospitality 2022 by Women Leading Travel & Hospitality. Michelle joined CWT in January of 2019 after serving as the Chief Financial Officer and head of M&A for U.S. Risk Insurance Group in Dallas, Texas where she successfully led the company’s finance, M&A, and HR functions culminating in a successful sale of the business from Kohlberg & Company to USI Insurance in 2019. Prior to that Michelle served as the CFO for Service King Collision Repair, a Blackstone and Carlyle backed portfolio company, from 2015 to 2017. She has occupied various executive roles in the travel industry working for some of the worlds’ largest and most well-known travel companies, including American Airlines, Continental Airlines and then Delta Air Lines, ultimately assuming the role of VP of Finance for Delta Airlines in 2001. She then joined Starwood Hotels & Resorts in 2005 as the Chief Financial Officer for Starwood Vacation Ownership during a period rapid growth for the organization. Michelle is a member of the International Women Forum and Chief – both organizations which recognize top female corporate leaders. She was also recognized by D CEO magazine as Dallas CFO of the Year for Large Private Companies. A Texas native, Michelle received her bachelor’s degree from Austin College in Sherman, Texas in Economics and her MBA from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas in Austin. She resides in Dallas, Texas with her husband, their four children, and their four dogs. Member of the Nominating, Corporate Governance, and Social Responsibility CommitteeChair of the Investment CommitteeChair of the Audit Committee Paul Aronzon Director Sonder Board Member since: 2025Paul Aronzon has served as the managing member of PSA Consulting, LLC since 2019. He previously served as co-managing partner at the Los Angeles office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP’s (“Milbank) and co-leader of Milbank’s global financial restructuring group from 2008-2019, and executive vice president and managing director at Imperial Capital LLC from 2006-2008. With more than 40 years of experience, he has worked as a leading consultant in corporate restructurings and reorganizations, with extensive experience in advising companies, boards of directors and advisory committees to boards of directors, independent directors, sponsors, debtors, creditors, debt acquirers, assets or companies and other parties in cases of reorganization and recapitalization operations. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from California State University at Northridge and a Juris Doctor from Southwestern University School of Law. Sanjay Banker Director Sonder Board Member since: 2023 Sanjay Banker has over 20 years of experience as an operator, investor, and consultant. Over his career, he’s served on 9 boards and completed 15 investments, representing over $4 billion of invested equity capital. Sanjay served as President and CFO of Sonder from 2019 through the end of 2022. Prior to joining Sonder, Sanjay was a Partner at TPG Growth, where he was part of a leadership team that quadrupled the size of the platform, from $3 billion to $13 billion in just 6 years. He led Consumer investing and was also active in Technology, Communications, Transportation, and Industrials. Prior to TPG, Sanjay spent 9 years at Bain Capital Private Equity, investing in Technology, Media, and Consumer companies. He previously was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. Sanjay serves on the Board of Governors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco. He also earned degrees from Harvard Business School and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Simon Turner Director Sonder Board Member since: 2023 Simon Turner has over 35 years of experience in the hospitality and real estate sectors, having held senior executive roles and board seats in both public and private enterprises. In 2017, he formed Alpha Lodging Partners to make selective investments, and to provide strategic and transactional advisory services to hospitality sector companies and investors. From 2008 to 2016, he served as President, Global Development of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, where he was responsible for all global development and real estate transactional activities. Prior to that, he served as a Principal of Hotel Capital Advisers, Inc., a hotel investment advisory firm overseeing Four Seasons and Fairmont brand and property investments in North America and Europe. His past board service has included Fairmont Raffles Hotels International and Four Seasons Hotels. Additionally, Turner previously served as an independent director of ClubCorp Holdings, Extended Stay America, Watermark Lodging Trust, and Steigenberger Hotels. He currently serves as a director of Goldman Sachs Real Estate Income Trust, and Purchase Senior Learning Community. Chair of the Compensation CommitteeMember of the Investment Committee Stockholders and any other interested parties may communicate directly with the Board of Directors by writing to: Attn: Board of Directors, c/o Sonder Holdings Inc., 447 Sutter St. Suite 405 #542 San Francisco, CA 94108
Janice Sears Director and Chairperson Sonder Board Member since: 2021From April 1988 to January 2009, Janice Sears served in a variety of positions at Banc of America Securities, an investment bank, including most recently as the Managing Director, Western Region Head in the Real Estate, Gaming & Lodging Investment Banking Group. She concurrently served as the San Francisco Market President for Bank of America, a financial services company. Prior to this, Sears was a Real Estate Economist at both Chemical Bank and Citicorp. She serves on the board of directors at Invitation Homes Inc., a single-family home rental business. Sears previously served on the board of Essex Property Trust Inc., a multi-family real estate investment trust, BioMed Realty Trust, a life sciences real estate investment trust sold to Blackstone Real Estate, and several non-profit organizations and private companies, including The Swig Company, an owner of office buildings in New York and California. Sears holds a B.A. in both Economics and Marketing from the University of Delaware.
Erin Wallace Director Sonder Board Member since: 2025 Erin Wallace brings over three decades of operations expertise across the hospitality, entertainment and resort industries. She spent the majority of her career at The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”), where she held various senior executive roles across its theme parks and resorts business, including overseeing global guest-facing operations for all lines of business. Following her retirement from Disney, she held subsequent executive roles as Chief Operating Officer of Great Wolf Resorts, Inc., where she led operations for the company’s entire lodge footprint across the U.S. and oversaw new lodge openings with next-generation brand standards and standard operating procedures, and as Chief Operating Officer of The Learning Care Group, Inc., where she led operations of over 900 early childhood education centers across the U.S. She currently serves on the board of directors of FirstService Corporation and Coast Entertainment Holdings Limited. Chair of the Nominating, Corporate Governance, and Social Responsibility CommitteeMember of the Compensation CommitteeMember of the Audit Committee
Frits Dirk van Paasschen Director Sonder Board Member since: 2020 Frits Dirk van Paasschen has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, LLC, a hotel company acquired by Marriott International, Inc. Prior to joining Starwood, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Coors Brewing Company from February 2005 to September 2007. He serves on the board of directors at Royal DSM, a Netherlands-based science company specializing in nutrition and health; Williams-Sonoma, Inc., a consumer retail company specializing in kitchen-wares and home furnishings; and Crown PropTech Acquisitions, a special purpose acquisition company. Van Paasschen also serves on the board of directors of several private companies and as an advisor to a global investment firm. Van Paasschen holds a B.A. in Economics and Biology from Amherst College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Member of the Audit CommitteeMember of the Investment Committee
Jeffrey Stein Director Sonder Board Member since: 2025 Jeffrey Stein has served as Chief Restructuring Officer for Linqto Inc. since May 2025, and Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Breakpoint Partners LLC, a boutique corporate advisory and investment banking firm that provides consulting services to companies navigating complex transactions, challenging capital structures, and strategic transformations, since April 2025. Mr. Stein previously served as Founder and Managing Partner of Stein Advisors LLC, a financial advisory firm that provided consulting services to public and private companies and institutional investors. Previously, Mr. Stein was a Co-Founder and Principal of Durham Asset Management LLC (“Durham”), a global event-driven distressed debt and special situations equity asset management firm, from January 2003 to December 2009, and was responsible for the identification, evaluation and management of investments for the various Durham portfolios. Prior to this, Mr. Stein served in a variety of roles for finance and investment firms, primarily focused on distressed debt and special situations equity asset classes. Mr. Stein currently serves as an independent director on the board of directors of Sunnova Energy International Inc. since April 2025, executive chairman of the board of directors of Tribune Resources, Inc. since April 2021, liquidating trustee of Philadelphia Energy Solutions, LLC (“PES”) since July 2020, liquidating trustee and plan administrator of Ditech Holding Corporation since October 2019, chairman of the board of directors of Ambac Financial Group, Inc. since January 2015 and as independent director since May 2013. Mr. Stein previously served as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Restructuring Officer and director of Rite Aid Corporation from October 2023 to September 2024, as independent director of Troika Media Group, Inc. from November 2022 to March 2024, as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Restructuring Officer, and chairman of the board of directors of GWG Holdings, Inc. from June 2022 to July 2023, as Chief Restructuring Officer and chairman of the restructuring & transformation committee of Liberty Steel Group Holdings Pte. Ltd. from May 2021 to March 2023, as Chief Restructuring Officer of Whiting Petroleum Corporation from March 2020 to August 2020, as Chief Restructuring Officer and director of PES from July 2019 to June 2020, and as Chief Restructuring Officer of Westmoreland Coal Company from March 2019 to December 2022. Mr. Stein has also previously served as a director on the board of directors for several other companies. Mr. Stein received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Brandeis University and a Master of Business Administration with Honors in Finance and Accounting from New York University.
Michelle Frymire Director Sonder Board Member since: 2022 Michelle Frymire is a senior executive with 30 years of experience in driving growth and transformation at both public and private companies worldwide. Most recently, Michelle led CWT through the impact of the global pandemic as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the company’s board of directors. CWT is the world’s second largest corporate travel management company serving over 5,500 clients across 140+ countries around the world, including many of the Fortune 500 and the U.S. military and government. Prior to her appointment as CEO in April 2021, she was President and Chief Financial Officer where she oversaw the company’s finance, strategy, technology, human resources and transformation efforts. Michelle played a key role in the company’s successful evolution to the world’s leading digital travel management company, and under her leadership the company navigated the impact of the pandemic, both operationally and financially. She was named to the BTN’s 25 most influential leaders in business travel, listed as one of 7 individuals on BTN Europe’s 2022 Hotlist, and named one of the Top 20 women in Travel and Hospitality 2022 by Women Leading Travel & Hospitality. Michelle joined CWT in January of 2019 after serving as the Chief Financial Officer and head of M&A for U.S. Risk Insurance Group in Dallas, Texas where she successfully led the company’s finance, M&A, and HR functions culminating in a successful sale of the business from Kohlberg & Company to USI Insurance in 2019. Prior to that Michelle served as the CFO for Service King Collision Repair, a Blackstone and Carlyle backed portfolio company, from 2015 to 2017. She has occupied various executive roles in the travel industry working for some of the worlds’ largest and most well-known travel companies, including American Airlines, Continental Airlines and then Delta Air Lines, ultimately assuming the role of VP of Finance for Delta Airlines in 2001. She then joined Starwood Hotels & Resorts in 2005 as the Chief Financial Officer for Starwood Vacation Ownership during a period rapid growth for the organization. Michelle is a member of the International Women Forum and Chief – both organizations which recognize top female corporate leaders. She was also recognized by D CEO magazine as Dallas CFO of the Year for Large Private Companies. A Texas native, Michelle received her bachelor’s degree from Austin College in Sherman, Texas in Economics and her MBA from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas in Austin. She resides in Dallas, Texas with her husband, their four children, and their four dogs. Member of the Nominating, Corporate Governance, and Social Responsibility CommitteeChair of the Investment CommitteeChair of the Audit Committee
Paul Aronzon Director Sonder Board Member since: 2025Paul Aronzon has served as the managing member of PSA Consulting, LLC since 2019. He previously served as co-managing partner at the Los Angeles office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP’s (“Milbank) and co-leader of Milbank’s global financial restructuring group from 2008-2019, and executive vice president and managing director at Imperial Capital LLC from 2006-2008. With more than 40 years of experience, he has worked as a leading consultant in corporate restructurings and reorganizations, with extensive experience in advising companies, boards of directors and advisory committees to boards of directors, independent directors, sponsors, debtors, creditors, debt acquirers, assets or companies and other parties in cases of reorganization and recapitalization operations. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from California State University at Northridge and a Juris Doctor from Southwestern University School of Law.
Sanjay Banker Director Sonder Board Member since: 2023 Sanjay Banker has over 20 years of experience as an operator, investor, and consultant. Over his career, he’s served on 9 boards and completed 15 investments, representing over $4 billion of invested equity capital. Sanjay served as President and CFO of Sonder from 2019 through the end of 2022. Prior to joining Sonder, Sanjay was a Partner at TPG Growth, where he was part of a leadership team that quadrupled the size of the platform, from $3 billion to $13 billion in just 6 years. He led Consumer investing and was also active in Technology, Communications, Transportation, and Industrials. Prior to TPG, Sanjay spent 9 years at Bain Capital Private Equity, investing in Technology, Media, and Consumer companies. He previously was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. Sanjay serves on the Board of Governors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco. He also earned degrees from Harvard Business School and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Simon Turner Director Sonder Board Member since: 2023 Simon Turner has over 35 years of experience in the hospitality and real estate sectors, having held senior executive roles and board seats in both public and private enterprises. In 2017, he formed Alpha Lodging Partners to make selective investments, and to provide strategic and transactional advisory services to hospitality sector companies and investors. From 2008 to 2016, he served as President, Global Development of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, where he was responsible for all global development and real estate transactional activities. Prior to that, he served as a Principal of Hotel Capital Advisers, Inc., a hotel investment advisory firm overseeing Four Seasons and Fairmont brand and property investments in North America and Europe. His past board service has included Fairmont Raffles Hotels International and Four Seasons Hotels. Additionally, Turner previously served as an independent director of ClubCorp Holdings, Extended Stay America, Watermark Lodging Trust, and Steigenberger Hotels. He currently serves as a director of Goldman Sachs Real Estate Income Trust, and Purchase Senior Learning Community. Chair of the Compensation CommitteeMember of the Investment Committee