Erik Blachford

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Mr. Erik Blachford is the Owner of Camp Nominingue. He also serves as the Board Manager at Fora. He serves as Chairman at Adventure Travel Trade Association. Mr. Blachford serves as Board Member and Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee at Zillow Group. He serves as Board Member at Couchsurfing. Mr. Blachford served as Executive Advisor at TCV. He also served as a Board Member and Director at Grove Collaborative. He serves as a Board Member at Dcbel. He serves as a Board Member, of the Compensation/HR Committee at Busbud. He serves as a Venture Partner at Ascension. He was the President and CEO of IAC Travel, managing all of IAC's travel assets including Expedia, Hotels.com, and Hotwire. He joined IAC with its acquisition of Expedia, a former TCV portfolio company, where he served as President and CEO. In 1995 he helped establish Expedia within Microsoft, where he led the creation of the brand as SVP of marketing, later served as the President of Expedia North America, and ultimately was named President and CEO in 2003. He has also served as Executive Chairman of Couchsurfing, a hospitality exchange and social networking website, as CEO of Butterfield & Robinson, a world leader in top quality active travel, and as CEO of TerraPass, a leading retailer of carbon offsets, consumer energy efficiency products, and green gifts. He serves on the board of directors of several TCV portfolio companies, including Peloton, SiteMinder, TourRadar, Varsity Tutors, and Zillow. He is also a board member of Choose Energy, GlassDoor, and Liftopia. He holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business a B.A. in English and a Certificate in Theater from Princeton University.