Aparna Bawa, Bus Ad ’99, was elected to the ºÚÁÏÂÛ̳ Board of Trustees in 2025.

She brings expertise in building operations and infrastructure for rapidly growing technology companies to Zoom. She serves as Zoom’s chief operating officer and oversees the People Experience, Government Relations, Security, Privacy, Compliance, and Trust and Safety teams. Prior to her current role, she was Zoom’s chief legal officer.

Before joining Zoom in 2018, she was senior vice president and general counsel for Magento Commerce, which was acquired by Adobe in 2018. Prior to Magento, Aparna was the vice president and general counsel for Nimble Storage (NYSE: NMBL); she was instrumental in Nimble’s initial public offering in 2013. Later in 2017, she led Nimble’s sale to Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Previously, Aparna led the Legal and Corporate development functions for Inphi Corp (NYSE: IPHI) and was an investment banker at Lehman Brothers and Deutsche Bank. Aparna began her career as a corporate and securities attorney for Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. She was also an investment banker at Lehman Brothers and Deutsche Bank, where she executed multiple IPO and M&A transactions for technology clients. Aparna is a board member of Palo Alto Networks.

She holds a B.S. in accounting from ºÚÁÏÂÛ̳ and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.