Board of Directors
Dina Segal
Dina Segal is the Chief Legal officer of Gusto. She leads Gusto’s legal, compliance, and government affairs teams in their mission to make Gusto’s vision a reality and help customers. Dina Segal joined Gusto in 2022 from Intuit, where she worked on products for small businesses and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to that, she was Deputy General Counsel at a venture backed fintech as well as leading law firms, representing customers in areas of product compliance, litigation, taxation, corporate governance and strategic transactions. Dina was selected as a woman of influence, top 100 leader, business woman of the year and top 40 under 40 by the San Diego Business Journal. Dina is on the Board of Directors of SunLaw.org. Dina holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from U.C. San Diego and a J.D. from University of Washington.
Karla Pinckes
Karla Pinckes, Esq. is a strategic and agile leader and lawyer with extensive in-house experience in a wide range of legal and non-legal areas, including securities, technology, ESG, privacy, e-commerce, IP protection, brand, marketing (social media & influencers), competition & claims, licensing, compliance and regulatory (FCPA, OFAC, AML, COI), complex commercial transactions, land use development as well as operations, talent acquisition and development. She is currently Senior Director, Corporate Legal & Securities at Viavi Solutions, Inc. where she provides corporate legal, securities and ESG support and guidance. Prior to joining Viavi, Karla served as General Counsel of Blockchains Inc. where she led the legal department and participated cross-functionally to help launch a self-sovereign identity application. Prior to that she served as Associate General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary for WD-40 Company and Corporate Counsel for The Ken Blanchard Companies. She began her career working for various civil litigation firms in San Diego, California. She is Co-President and on the Board of Directors of SunLaw, Inc. She is also on the Board of Directors of Girls Inc. and serves as an Advisor for Miracle Babies. She has served on the Board of Directors of the San Diego New Children’s Museum. She was nominated for the 2018 Athena Pinnacle Awards for Technology and the recipient of the 2016 Women in Wealth Award for Transactions Attorney of the Year by Wealth and Finance International. She is an advocate for diversity, inclusion, and equity and has a passion for leadership, learning, and the law. She enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, running and helping build community with other advocates for change.
Alexa Zanolli
Alexa works as Associate General Counsel at a publicly traded healthcare staffing and workforce solutions company where she oversees Strategic Transactions, Privacy, as well as AMN’s Workforce Technology and Staffing Solutions businesses. Prior to coming in-house, Alexa litigated at two AM Law 100 firms, worked for the Department of Homeland Security, and also served as a staff attorney for three federal judges. Alexa is passionate about mentoring and sponsoring other women lawyers, eliminating the gender pay gap, and all things health and wellness.
Rose Bowlus
Rose is an Attorney with Rose Bowlus Law specializing in Commodities, Securities and Financial Services. She advises businesses of all sizes and sophistications ranging from early stage start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Rose also serves as Outside General Counsel for two emerging energy tech and renewables ventures. Previous to establishing her own law firm, Rose was in-house counsel for several of the nation’s largest financial institutions and energy companies across the U.S. Most recently, she served as Acting General Counsel for Calpine Energy Solutions, LLC in San Diego. Rose frequently speaks at various industry and professional events covering cutting-edge corporate, legal and ethics issues. She also serves in multiple leadership roles within organizations that promote diversity and gender equality, such as 2020 Women on Boards and Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy. Rose enjoys dedicating her free time to volunteering at leadership and confidence building events for women and mentoring young entrepreneurs.