Robin Washington

Robin Washington

Program
BBA '84
Career Background

Robin L. Washington is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Alphabet, Inc., Honeywell International, Inc., and Salesforce.com. She currently serves as chair of the leadership development and compensation committee for Alphabet and chair of the audit committee for Salesforce.com.. She is also a member of the Presidents Council & Ross Business School Advisory Board, University of Michigan; the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Board of Directors; and a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation.

Ms. Washington served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Gilead Sciences, Inc., from May 2008 – November 2019 where she oversaw Global Finance, Facilities and Operations, Investor Relations and the Information Technology organizations. Prior to Gilead, Ms. Washington was the Chief Financial Officer of Hyperion Solutions Inc. from 2006 – 2007, an enterprise software company that was acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2007. Prior to that, she spent nearly 10 years at PeopleSoft., where she served in a number of executive finance positions.

Ms. Washington is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Pepperdine University.