Elena Gomez is the Chief Financial Officer at Toast, Inc., where she oversees global finance, investor relations, and corporate development. Under her leadership, Toast launched its initial public offering in 2021. Prior to Toast, Elena was the CFO of Zendesk, growing market cap of over $15B. Over her 30 year career, Elena has also held finance leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies, including Salesforce, Visa, and Charles Schwab. Elena has a passion for helping organizations drive scale through cycles of massive growth. She was named to the list of Most Influential Women in Business in 2017 by the San Francisco Business Times.
Elena is an advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion within the global business community, serving on the Haas School of Business, and a founding member of the Haas Center for Gender, Equity & Leadership Advisory Council. Elena also serves on the board of the Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco.
Elena is on the board of directors, as audit committee chair, for both Smartsheet and PagerDuty. She graduated with a business degree from the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business.